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"You don't want that boat, Wolf, any more than the lake wants water," said my father, after I had read an advertisement, in the Ruoara _Clarion_, of the effects of a bankrupt which were to be sold at auction the next day.
"I don't think the lake would amount to much without water; in fact, to no more than I do without business," I replied. "I want something to do, and if I can buy this boat at a low price, I am sure I can make something out of her."