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We found she 'd started a plank running aground on the beach , and that ` twould take us a week to get her afloat and watertight . `` While we was doing this the woman come down and went aboard . Pretty soon we see her going back to the shanty with her arms full of bundles and truck . We did n't think anything of it then , but when we got home at noon , there was the best dinner ever you see all ready for us . Fried fish , and some kind of beans cooked up with peppers , and tea -- real store tea -- and a lot more things . Land , how we did eat ! We kept smacking our lips and rubbing our vests to show we was enjoying everything , and the old gal kept bobbing her head and grinning like one of them dummies you wind up with a key .