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"It's wrecking a seven-thousand-ton passenger-steaer

"It isn't! It's putting her into a safe cradle"

"But at this speed!"

"That chap in the pilot-house is no fool He'll get his hint in ti opened his traveling-bag and lifted out a strip of erly as if it were a reptile, and he looked at it with

an air as if he feared it would bite him

"That's the little joker," said Burkett "About two points deviation by

local attraction will do the business!"

"I'm tempted to throw it overboard and call it all off, Burkett I have

put through a good ame, but this looks

al was

going to overnor"

"My crowd doesn't ask questions of me, but they expect results If I

don't do it, I suppose I'll kick " He cocked up