41 Lure O Gold 1904

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Back to the Golden North
saw me. I refrained from telling
him of my
loss. He
would hear of it soon enough. I merely told him that
I had not taken passage in the Flying Mist after all.
The good man fetched me some cold boiled beef, a
loaf of bread and a cup of hot coffee, which I attacked
ravenously.
"You can have the same bed you had last night,
John," said he, turning to attend to some other late
comers. "You know the way up. Turn in whenever
it
suits you."
I was now dried, warmed and well fed, and, although
not a bit sleepy, I thought it best to retire and get as
much rest as possible
for the day of hard detective work
that lay before me in the morning.
So up the rickety
stairs I mounted and walked to the door of the little
box of a room which I had thought never to see again.
My turning of the handle brought forth a lusty
Who s
there?" And in an instant I knew by that booming
voice that Doctor Quaritch still kept the incommo
dious lodging we had shared together on the previous
night.
myself.
I stuck my head inside the door and announced
Goodness me !
was the Doctor s
greeting.
"
It s
you again, is it, John Morning? Light the candle.
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