41 Lure O Gold 1904

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Wreck of the Flying Mist
I went about that day feeling rather light and glad
some. For whatever other misfortunes had befallen
me, I was in a position to rejoice that I had not taken
passage in the Flying Mist.
When I told the Doctor who the rescued man was,
and how much concerned Trust and Somers were when
they saw him hauled aboard, he was greatly interested.
"This means trouble," said he "trouble for those
steerage pirates, and possibly
trouble for us. It s a
mighty curious thing that they should all get together
here on the Modesto all the men that were in the con
spiracy against you."
"This man Bill," said I, "can t he be arrested as
soon as his head is well again
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Certainly. I ll see that he doesn t escape when we
reach port."
Don t
you think, Doctor, that we should be search
ing the lower hold ? We ought
to be able to find the
gold down there somewhere. I am confident that it
was hidden there by those robbers, working in collusion
with Max Fishley."
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You may be right about Max being in with them,"
said the Doctor.
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I never had much use for him and
his green eyes. But it does seem almost past belief
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