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(1912) Author: Dikken Zwilgmeyer
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JOIINNY BLOSSOM

one that did not come in to the wharf and whose
passengers, therefore, had to be rowed ashore if
they wished to land here. Johnny and Asta
thought it would be great fun to row out and
call up to the ship that if any one wished to go
ashore, here were the boatmen for them,
boatmen who were good for something, too.

There lay the steamer already. They rowed
their best, but saw that a big boat carrying
passengers ashore had already started. Pshaw!
Too bad they had come so late! However,
Johnny Blossom rowed swiftly and carefully
alongside the steamer.

"Is there any one who wishes to land?" he
shouted up toward the deck, in as manly a tone
as he could assume.

Yes, there was an elderly gentleman with
glasses who had not gone with the other boat.

"Can you row?" asked the gentleman with
the glasses.

"You may be sure we can," answered Johnny
Blossom, with a very superior air.

So the gentleman got into Jeremias’s boat
and Johnny and Asta turned it toward the wharf.
Asta was always inclined to put her oars too
deep in the water, and when she tried to take
them out, she had to get up off her seat almost

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