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"I'm sorry," he said presently, "Mr.
Goddedaal has left the ship, and no one knows where he
is."
"Do you pay the men's passage home?" I inquired, a
sudden thought striking me.
"If they want it," said the clerk; "sometimes they
don't. But we paid the Kanaka's passage to Honolulu
this morning; and by what Captain Trent was saying, I
understand the rest are going home together."
"Then you haven't paid them?" said I.
"Not yet," said the clerk.
"And you would be a good deal surprised if I were to
tell you they were gone already?" I asked.
"O, I should think you were mistaken," said he.
"Such is the fact, however," said I.
"I am sure you must be mistaken," he repeated.
"May I use your telephone one moment?" asked Pinkerton;
and as soon as permission had been granted, I heard him
ring up the printing-office where our advertisements
were usually handled. More I did not hear, for,
suddenly recalling the big bad hand in the register of
the What Cheer House, I asked the consulate clerk if he
had a specimen of Captain Trent's writing.


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