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"What is it?" I asked

"Sandwiches You'll be glad of thely, for I was not hungry then, and I thought

it a nuisance; for I had no idea then that I was providing myself with

that which would save my life in the peril that was to come

It was ten minutes to twelve when I went down to the yard, where all the

dogs were standing on their hind legs and straining at their chains,

eager to be patted and talked to, and strongly excited at the sight of

the horse being put to in the strong, springless cart

They howled and yelped and barked, begging in their way for a run, but

they were nearly all doo to start without you," cried Ike in his surly way

"No, you were not," I said "It isn't tirowled as he fastened the chains of the cart

harness "I don't pay no heed to no other tiood a load as you can, and the coarser the better; but don't

hurry the horse," said Mr Solomon "Give him his own tiht, master I'll take care"

"Got your shovel and pick?"

"Shovel Shan't want no pick; the sand comes down as soon as you touch

it Now, then, Mars Grant, ready? May as well take a couple more

sacks"

The sacks were put in, and ere ready for a start, when a yelp took