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When
the
explosion
occurred,
the
wind
was
nearly
dead
ahead,
and
we
were
floating
with
the
current,
which
was
the
particular
reason
why
we
had
come
so
near
being
run
down
by
the
contestants.
"You've said enough, and you had better go along with the mail," growled he.
"I would rather be starved than treated like a dog. My brother Clarence is going to take us away in the fall; but I don't think I can stand it till that time."