Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; Or, The Struggle for the Leadership

The Struggle for the Leadership
LOUIS ARUNDEL
Author of “Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence,” “Motor Boat Boys’ Cruise Down the Mississippi,” “Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes,” “Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast.”
Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
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A Struggle For the Leadership
“Get busy here, Nick; now’s your chance to make a big score for a starter!”
“It’s awful kind of you, George, to let me out of my part of the work this afternoon, and that’s a fact. I appreciate it, too; because I just want to beat Jimmy out in this thing the worst kind.”
“Oh! shucks! don’t mention it, Nick. We’re all interested in your game, and you know it. Besides, there goes your rival, Jimmy, right now, in his little dinky boat, and with a wide grin on his face. Jack’s given him a holiday, to celebrate the opening of the great fishing contest. Get a move on, you slow-poke!”
“Gee! then he’ll get a start on me. I must hurry. Now, where in the dickens is that other oar, George? Oh! here she is, tucked away under the thwart. And can you tell me what I did with that mullet the cracker gentleman gave me, to use for bait? Please help me get started, George. Seems like everything wants to go wrong at once!”