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were surprised to discover al ar cut There the heavy

as to be seen, and to give his party an idea of its e driven directly through the cut itself

With Mr Brock he sat up near the driver Back of the and Gertrude Brock; within rode Mrs Whitney and Marie

As the stage, getting down the high bank, lurched carefully along the

scraper ways of the yellow bed, shovellers, drivers, and water-boys

looked curiously at the unusual sight, and patient ed the stage along the uneven way

At the lower end of the cut a ravel on the eastern bank had slipped, engulfing a stea of

the scene, in corduroy jackets and broad hats, stood two engineers At

ti was digging

the shovel out His conalled the driver sharply, and the leaders were swung to the right

of the shovellers so that the stage was brought out on a level sonized the taller of the two men "There's Glover," he

exclaimed "Hello!" he called across the canal bed "I didn't look

for you here" Glover lifted his hat and walked over to the stage