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wormed himself in line, and then Seth 

 and Doctor Bradley instantly engaged in 

 uproarious laughter, as the fat Corbin, 

 suddenly awakened at Seth's sharp com- 

 mand, and the Captain's wedging into 

 line, thunderingly growled dissatisfaction 

 at being " in the company of two idiots 

 who did n't know when to quit," as he 

 put it, and then turned over on his side 

 with the clumsiness of a manatee and in 

 the space a young elephant would require, 

 and instantly took up snoring again as 

 though he had never been disturbed in 

 his life, his two companions the while 

 squeezed into such small quarters by the 

 fat man's manoeuvre as to make them 

 laugh all the more. 



"Listen to the steam organ!" said 

 Seth aloud, as Corbin's sonorous breath- 

 ing continued with increased power. 



" More like the wail of a drowning 

 sow," ventured Bradley, in a whisper, 

 and fairly convulsed at the unheard-of 

 nasal grunting of his sleeping friend. 



