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 can't touch her because she isn't theirs. I heard they had a bill for dockage as long as my arm against the Queen, though."

"Still, that's the quarry dock she's in," said Ned, "and she must be in the way there. I don't see why they don't push her out and let her float down the river."

"She'd be a menace to navigation," replied Bob knowingly. "The law would get them if they tried that."

"Sort of like a fellow driving an automobile into your front yard and leaving it there and going off," laughed Laurie. "You couldn't put it out into the street because that would be against traffic rules and you couldn't take possession of it—"

"You could send it to a garage, though," said Bob.

"Yes, and pay the garage bills!"

"The quarry folks could see that it got on fire accidently," said Ned.

"It would only burn to the water-edge. The hull would be just as much in the way as the whole thing," objected Bob.

"I hope they'll let it stay just where it is,"