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"There isn't!"

Captain Mayo felt the lack of oxygen ht Perspiration was strea, his bloere losing force

He found that Otie had partly cleared out the rib before that

too-willing helper had taken it into his head to knock a hole through

the planking The rib h oak resisted;

the chisel slipped; it was ly sloork But he finished the

task at last and began to gouge a channel in the planking close to the

other ribs Torpor rapping its tentacles about hi for breath Then, all at once, he felt a little pat

on his shoulder He knew that tap for what it was, though she did not

speak to hi touch It co up her courage in the horrible

situation He beveled the planks as deeply as he dared, and made his cut

around three sides of his square He was forced to stop for a moment and

lay prostrate, his face on the lumber

"Take that saw, one of you, and chunk off a few short lengths of plank,"

he whispered, hoarsely The rasp of the hand-saw informed him that he

had been obeyed