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"I admit that the quartermaster let her off for just aman "I had only just looked away for an

instant I helped him put her over We couldn't have done ths But the more I think of it, the queerer it

seeer-snap!"

"Tell that part of it over and over again, while I shut et

it fixed in my mind as if I had seen it," requested Captain Wass "Who

was there, where did they stand, and so forth and et cetry When a thing

happens and you can't figger it out, it's usually because you haven't

pawed over the details carefully enough Go ahead! I'ood listener"

But after he had listened he had no comments to make He went out of the

cabin after a few minutes' hich was devoted to deep meditation,

and strolled about the ship, hands behind his back, scuffing his feet

A half-hour later,Captain Mayo on his rounds, the veteran

inquired: "How do you happen to have Oliver Burkett aboard here?" "I don't know

hiht to know him He is the captain the Vose line fired off the

Nirvana three years ago He gave the go-ahead and a jingle when he was

-boats and part of the pier He

had to choose between ad that he was drunk, crazy, or bribed by