41 Lure O Gold 1904

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if
you saw him, which you may never have the chance
to do, and the other rascal."
"Oh, I d know him, too, and Bill, though
only a tool."
"Yes; they must have hired him to push
Bill was
the box
overboard.
Well, now, my boy, go to bed and get to
sleep. You ll want to be pretty active to-morrow.
It ll be a busy day. I ll
help you all I can, and the
Jap, too, though
he doesn t
count for much."
I went to bed and lay very still,
so as not to disturb
the repose of the good Doctor Quaritch.
if either of us slept above an hour or two.
But I doubt
When I did
drop off I was wrestling with Pete Slattery,
whose one
eye became a gigantic searchlight
and dazzled me so
that I was blinded and dazed and had to let him go.
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