41 Lure O Gold 1904

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"
I never opened one of these doors after it was
closed for several days that it didn t stick to the rubber
gasket in the jamb."
The Doctor looked at me with large significance,
but said nothing. I knew he was being convinced of
the truth of my statement that the bulkhead had been
opened but a few days
way through the long wing.
before. Mr. Nason led the
"That looks pretty tough,"
said he, glancing at the
coal bunkers.
"
Every blamed one of
em on this side
is
empty as an old oyster-can."
"
It s a sorry state of affairs," said the Doctor.
"
Too
bad there isn t a coaling station somewhere near at
hand."
"It s about the worst place in the whole Pacific to
look for a chance to coal up,"
said the officer. "I
don t know what we re going
to do."
He lighted
his lantern and proceeded down the wing
to the door which led out upon the freight-deck. As
the other men all carried lanterns, that the search might
be a thorough one, there was plenty of light inside.
Save for a little
heap of dunnage, there was nothing to
be seen in the great cavernous hold between-decks.
This dunnage, as I
may remark to landsmen readers,
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