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41 Lure O Gold 1904

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&quot;<br />

&quot;<br />

&quot;<br />

The <strong>Lure</strong> o 9<br />

<strong>Gold</strong><br />

thought your suspicions<br />

about these two men were al<br />

together too strong, considering what you had to go<br />

upon.<br />

And nobody ever heard of such a thing as goldrobbers<br />

in a steerage anyway.<br />

They were pretty slick<br />

to play poverty, and cover up their robbery in that way.&quot;<br />

I remarked, with some satisfaction, that the Captain<br />

seemed to be rather angry<br />

had done.<br />

&quot;Yes,&quot;<br />

said the Doctor,<br />

about what his third officer<br />

&quot;but I m afraid that that<br />

part of your story isn t going to stick. Fishley will<br />

square himself with the Captain. He s a pretty smooth<br />

article, is Fishley. Then, too, there is a chance of your<br />

having<br />

been mistaken.&quot;<br />

&quot;Oh, yes,&quot;<br />

said I, &quot;though I am about as sure of<br />

what I have told you as I am of being<br />

aboard this<br />

ship.&quot;<br />

&quot;<br />

Aural idiosyncrasies are something that have to be<br />

allowed for, you know,&quot;<br />

was the reply.<br />

There were<br />

all kinds of noises down in that hold, according to your<br />

report.&quot;<br />

&quot;Yes. What do you think those terrible crashing<br />

and smashing sounds were down there ?<br />

I asked.<br />

&quot;Let s see,&quot; meditated the Doctor. &quot;What could<br />

it have been ?<br />

He thought for a moment. Then his<br />

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