41 Lure O Gold 1904

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The Last Pound of
Coal
up into his face in an odd and altogether Oriental way,
as if taking note of every feature.
"I sink I have knowledge of the gentleman nex
times,"
said Yohara to me,
if
he shall escape away
again.
I shall know his eye better, too."
"The lad thinks he s a born detective," explained
the Doctor, smiling.
He s been reading a lot of those
nickel detective stories."
Captain Head ordered Somers and Trust put in irons,
as I had hoped. The Captain dispatched the matter
in a jiffy,
and then entered into a consultation with his
first officer, at which Doctor Quaritch was present.
Their talk, as I heard from the Doctor, had nothing
to do with the arrest or the missing gold, which to them
were matters of minor importance compared with the
problem of getting the vessel into port
without coal.
"You see," said the Doctor, when speaking of the
matter, "we can t make any headway
with our sails.
They are small affairs, and are just about able to steady
the steamer and that s all. Of course, if there were a
gale dead aft of us we might be helped along consider
ably, but the wind is light
and what little we have is
not from the right quarter. The first officer recom
mends burning
all the dunnage, those empty horse-
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