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CHAPTER VIII
BLAKE LEARNS A SECRET
Blake, looking on from a little distance, saw Joe turn aside from the aged man.
"That's rather queer," thought the lad. "If that was his father it isn't a very cordial welcome."
As he looked, he saw Joe walking out of the garden.
"Queerer still," Blake mused. "Even if that isn't Mr. Duncan, he must be somewhere around, for lighthouse keepers can't be very far away from their station, as I understand it."
Joe came walking toward his chum. His face showed his disappointment so unmistakably that Blake called out:
"What's the matter, Joe?"
"He's gone—he isn't here! He never got my letter!"
"Where has he gone?" asked Blake, always practical.
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