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THE UMBRELLA ADVENTURE 163
Was the boat going to upset? It was a
lively-time. The boat flew like an arrow, the waves
were high, the wind — really he could not hold
the umbrella much longer. My, oh, my! how
far out they were now. The boat took in water
every minute — whole buckets full. Johnny
Blossom’s blouse was sopping wet.
Oh!
Away went the umbrella, right out of his
hands, and only by a hair’s breadth did the boat
escape capsizing. Tellef, as quick as lightning,
had thrown his weight to the upper side of the
careening boat or they would have gone straight
into the water.
Over the sea sailed the umbrella — and there
were Johnny and Tellef in the rocking boat far
out from land.
"Ugh! boy!" said Tellef.
"Ugh! boy!" said Johnny.
"That wasn’t much to do," said Tellef.
What it was that wasn’t much to do, Tellef
didn’t say. Johnny only stared out over the
gray-blue splashing waves.
Only think! He might have been lying under
those waves now!
And all at once the truth smote him: he
ought not to have done this; he had known all
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