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The Secret of the Old Mill
course he did not know, and in the fog bank he had but a vague idea of their location. He began to look around in hopes of finding a compass, but there was none in the boat.
"Have you got a pocket compass, Joe?"
Joe, who was busily engaged in tying the unconscious stranger's ankles together, looked up and shook his head.
"Isn't there one in the boat?"
"No—and here we are in a fog bank. I don't know whether we're in the right direction for Bayport or not."
