LEE HOLLAND'S ADVENTURES.
BY EDWARD SHIPPEN, M. D.,
AUTHOR OF "CAST AWAY IN THE ICE," "THE
YACHT GRAPESHOT," "TIGER ISLAND AND
ELSEWHERE," "JACK PETERS' ADVEN-
TURES IN AFRICA," ETC., ETC.
CHAPTER VI.
Lee now began to feel hungry and tired, so he let the boat drift while he sat down and ate the lunch which the old woman had provided with such very different intentions; and after that was finished, he fell sound asleep in the stern-sheets, only to be awakened by the chill of the dawn. Sitting up, he saw that the Sound was covered by a dense mist, and all around him were flocks of wild ducks, settled upon the water, but which flew off as soon as he moved.
While he sat looking at the sky, growing brighter in the east, and trying to make up his mind in what direction Plymouth lay, he heard the dip of a paddle, and then he saw coming up through the mist a dug-out canoe, in which sat a venerable-looking old negro.
"I'VE RUN AWAY FROM A SCHOONER ABOVE HERE, AND I WANT TO GET TO PLYMOUTH."