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But one northeaster as yet had struck the work. This had carried away some of the upper planking - the false work of the coffer-dam; but this had been repaired in a few hours without delay or serious damage. After that the Indian summer had set in soft, dreamy days when the winds dozed by the hour, the waves nibbled along the shores, and the swelling breast of the ocean rose and fell as if in gentle slumber. But would this good weather last? Bab cock rose hurriedly, as this anxiety again took possession of him, and leaned over the deck-rail, scanning the sky. He did not like the drift of the low clouds off to the west; southeasters began that way. It looked as though the wind might change. Some men would not have worried over these possibilities. Babcock did. He was that kind of man. When the boat touched the shore, he sprang over the chains, and hurried through the ferry-slip. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
