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41 Lure O Gold 1904

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XXI<br />

IN WHICH MY BURDEN IS RESUMED<br />

I AWOKE on deck, where I found myself lying on a<br />

cot, with the friendly face of Doctor Quaritch bending<br />

over me, and I could hear Yohara chattering near by.<br />

After the vile closeness of the shaft alley, the fresh,<br />

sharp afternoon breeze was a delight to my thick<br />

senses. But it was five minutes after I had opened my<br />

eyes and filled my lungs with the life-giving<br />

air before<br />

I could gasp out:<br />

&quot; &quot;<br />

The gold did they get the gold<br />

?<br />

&quot;The<br />

gold is safe, John. It s all in my black bag,<br />

right under your cot.&quot;<br />

I breathed a deep, delicious breath and lay back<br />

exultant.<br />

&quot;<br />

Feels good, doesn t it that air,&quot; remarked the<br />

Doctor. &quot;We found you all lying in a pretty heap,<br />

Nason and I, when we got down there. Ten of you<br />

under chaps had fainted dead away and the rest hadn t<br />

strength enough to walk out of the tunnel by them-<br />

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