The Castaways of Pete's Patch

by Carroll Watson Rankin

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  FACING PAGE IT SEEMED TO MABEL THAT SHE COULD DETECT A SOUND OF BREATHING _Frontispiece_ THE SPACE BEHIND THE LOG WAS ALREADY OCCUPIED 124 SEATED ON THE DRY END WAS A STOUT, PLACID MAN 256 "MOTHER!" HE CRIED. "MOTHER! IT'S MY MOTHER!" 276