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It was a jack- knife a stout knife, three-bladed, horn-handled, big, serviceable ; just the knife for a fisher lad. Bobby picked it up, but said never a word, for his delight overcame him. " You're wonderful good t' me, Eli, " he said, at last looking up with glistening eyes. " You're wonderful good t' me ! " . Eli put his arm around the boy. " You're a good partner, lad, " he said. " You're a wonder- ful good partner ! " Bobby was proud of that They put the salmon net out in the spring. The ic...e was still lingering offshore. The west 90 The ADVENTURES of BILLY TOPSAIL wind carried it out ; the east wind swept it in : variable winds kept pans and bergs drifting hither and thither, and no man could tell where next the ice would go. Now, the sea was clear, from the shore to the jagged, glistening white line, off near the horizon ; next day the day after and the pack was grinding against the coast rocks. Men had to keep watch to save the nets from destruction. The partners' net was moored off Break-heart Point.
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