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`` And after this I ai n't never going to allow myself to get alone with George Rollins . I tell you , fellows , he 's got cannibal blood in his veins . He scares me , the way he acts . '' It was not a great ways after noon when they saw a red flag waving at a point ashore . Then came a blast from the fog horn owned by Josh . He and Herb played it for all they were worth , because this was the very first chance they had had on the entire trip to welcome their comrades to a camping site . Great was the joshing that followed the landing of the two missing boats .