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Jack and his chum, on returning to Greenport, found themselves overwhelmed with congratulations. They were stopped on the street and plied with questions, and the reporter of the "Greenport Gazette" who had, two days before, firmly believed he was writing the boys' obituary notices, wrung their hands warmly in the hope of extracting a good "story. " But neither the captain nor the mate of the _Sea-Lark_ cared for publicity of this sort.
"You don't want to print anything more about us in your paper," said Jack. "Everybody knows we got back all right, and there's nothing else to it."