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* "Who is at the wheel, sir %'

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' Dart for the pilot-house, quicker than lightning !'

The next moment
"both men were flying
up the pilot - house
companion way, three
steps at a jump !
Nobody there ! The
great steamer was
whistling down the
middle of the river
at her own sweet
will ! The
watchman
shot out
of the
place

* 3SOBODY THESE.'
again; Ealer seized the wheel, set an engine back with power, and
held his breath while the "boat reluctantly swung away from a
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