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want to see the wind shift round a bit and then we will start."
"It's due east now, is n't it?" Dave said.
"Pretty near, and a nice job we should have beating up against it. I should regard it as a good omen if the fates sent us a gentle breeze from the northwest to start us nicely on our journey. Let's go up to the bungalow and say good-by to old Flagg, bless him! He has been a real friend to us."
But Flagg was not there, nor did he put in an appearance when the sun was dipping in a crimson sky to the westward.
"Bother him!" Tempest said. "We can't very well slide off without wagging his paw and saying a few nice things. I wish he'd come. The breeze is dodging round more to the westward, and we should get a fine start now."
After darkness had fallen Tempest began to grow anxious about Flagg. The men employed on the plantation reported that they had seen
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