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[Illustration: "THESE TWO WORTHY DAMES SPENT THE GREATER PART OF THEIR TIME ON DECK."]

THE CASTING AWAY OF MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESHINE

BY

FRANK R. STOCKTON

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERIC DORR STEELE

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PART I PAGE

THESE TWO WORTHY DAMES SPENT THE GREATER PART OF THEIR TIME ON DECK _Frontispiece_

DO YOU SEE THAT BOAT THERE? 6

MRS. ALESHINE PROVED TO BE A MORE DIFFICULT SUBJECT 11

WE WILL PULL AFTER THEM 15

STAND UP STRAIGHT, AND DON'T TALK SO MUCH 23

VIGOROUSLY WINKING AND BLOWING 25

THEY GOT ON REMARKABLY WELL 27

THERE'S NOTHIN' LIKE SAUSAGES FOR SHIPWRECK 31