My wife the next morning began the conversation. She
told me that the boys had been good and diligent; that they
had ascended Cape Disappointment with her, and had gathered
wood, and made some torches for the night, and, what seemed
almost incredible, ventured to fell and bring down an immense
palm-tree. It lay prostrate on the ground, and covered a space
of at least seventy feet in length. To effect their purpose, Fritz
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