41 Lure O Gold 1904
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The <strong>Lure</strong> o 9<br />
<strong>Gold</strong><br />
gang,"<br />
said Somers to me, "but if I had anything to<br />
say about it, I d be back where I was."<br />
You d rather remain in irons than go to work ?<br />
I<br />
exclaimed in disgust.<br />
"And work such as this, too,<br />
so necessary to the interest of the ship<br />
and our<br />
selves?"<br />
"<br />
I don t see how it s goin<br />
to benefit anybody to tear<br />
a steamer to pieces just<br />
for the sake of getting into port<br />
a few days sooner," said Somers, who was evidently<br />
not in a hurry to reach San Francisco now that he was<br />
under arrest.<br />
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And Mr. Trust here thinks<br />
jest like I<br />
do, don t you, Trust ?<br />
His partner smiled an evil smile. Then his one<br />
eye regarded his mattock contemptuously. "They ve<br />
given me the heaviest tool they could find," said he,<br />
snarlingly.<br />
"<br />
This mattock feels like it<br />
weighed a ton."<br />
"I ll trade you my crowbar for it,"<br />
proposed Somers.<br />
"No, you won was the t,"<br />
quick reply.<br />
Get to work there !<br />
hastily giving each of the complaining<br />
bawled the second officer,<br />
men a harsh<br />
shove with his big hands. "This<br />
job is a good deal<br />
pleasanter than breaking rock in a San Quentin chain<br />
gang, where you ll be before long."<br />
I saw Somers wince and grind his teeth as he grasped<br />
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