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"Now let's cover the engine," shouted Roger, giving no heed to Gustav's cry

"Hell er's face The sleeve was dripping blood Roger seized Gustav's arhtly above the elbow "Co blindly through the sand drifts the two men reached the tent, where just as they crept inside the flap, Gustav fainted Charley ran forward and before Roger could protest had helped lift Gustav to his cot

"I don't think it's so bad He never can stand the sight of blood," said Roger

They stripped back the sleeve as Roger spoke A gash several inches long in Gustav's upper arot a first aid kit, soh the trunks, e in a moment with a black box, from which he produced a tourniquet They applied this quickly

"Now, is there some alcohol here?" asked Charley "We ash it off with that until we can boil sos back nicely in the boys' trunks, and don't pay any attention to us"

Felicia was quickly absorbed in this altogether fascinating task, while Charley's skillful fingers e for Gustav's arainst Charley's suggestion: "Let's cut this shirt off hier It's saturated with blood I'll sew it up for him later"

Gustav sat up and before he could do er and Charley had re two, the second shirt having a particularly huge pocket, full of papers that were blood saturated

"Don't touch that, don't!" cried Gustav Then catching sight of the blood stains, he fainted again

"Who'd think old Gustav was such a perfect lady," chuckled Roger "Here, let's get hiain"

They pulled off the second shirt, and put on one of Roger's fresh ones Then while Charley gave Gustav soer took the papers from the bloody pockets of the second shirt

"I'll wipe these off before the blood sets," he said Then his eye caught a ine--new detail Moore" Roger quickly opened the paper It was about six inches square and was a copy of a detail of one of Roger's patent drawings

"I'll be da darkly

He ran through other sheets There were eneral sche these very deliberately when Ernest came in