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Sometimes Jack had to be not only skipper but mate also of the good ship _Sea-Lark_, when his "crew" was otherwise engaged. Now and then Tony Santo needed his son's assistance in the boat-yard. On one such occasion――it was the day following the rescue of Rodney Farnham――a man entered the shed and addressed the boat-builder.
"Do you rent boats here? " he asked.