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`` Oh , I do n't know ! '' laughed Frank . `` If Flynn paid money for the yacht , he is the one in hard luck . '' At nine o'clock the _ White Wings _ cast off from the pier . Her sails were hoisted , and , aided by the out-running tide , she soon got away enough to catch a breeze . And Parker Flynn had not returned . `` It 's no use , fellows , we ca n't go any further in this fog to-night , '' said Frank Merriwell on the fourth day after leaving Boston .