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41 Lure O Gold 1904

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&quot;<br />

&quot;<br />

XX<br />

IN THE SHAFT ALLEY<br />

THE great collier headed away from us and increased<br />

her speed so rapidly that the poor, dismantled old<br />

Modesto soon fell behind and lost sight of her.<br />

After an hour or two in his cabin the Captain came<br />

on deck again and did not deign to look forward at the<br />

dwindling drift of the San Bernardino, but walked up<br />

and down, calling out orders and making the lives of<br />

his officers and crew very miserable for a while.<br />

&quot;You are the slowest lot,&quot;<br />

I heard him complain.<br />

Here, with all these passengers helping you, you can t<br />

give us steam enough for more than half speed.<br />

The<br />

light stuff s no good. What we want is more of those<br />

planks. I wish you d stop chasing around in a circle<br />

and do something. Get up more planks.&quot;<br />

&quot;<br />

The planks are all gone, said Mr. Nason.<br />

Captain,&quot;<br />

&quot;All<br />

gone?&quot;<br />

&quot;<br />

All except what s in the shaft alley,<br />

and I thought<br />

&quot;<br />

Rip em out rip<br />

em out ! Don t be standing<br />

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