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job to keep from treading on him. "Well," 

 said the Captain, " That's just what you did 

 do, I should think, to secure him. Of course 

 you made sure of him, Joslin ? " 



" No, I didn't touch him, sir," replied the big 

 man, with a pleasing smile of self-satisfaction. 



" What did you do then ? " 



" I run by him." 



" So you kept running away from him ? " 



" Yes, sir." Joslin was quite unabashed. 



" You did not stop to secure him ? " 



"No, sir." 



" Why not ? Surely you might have secured 

 him, he was all alone, was'nt he ? " 



" Yes, sir, there was no one nigh but me." 



" And he lay flat on his face on the ground,, 

 you say ? " 



"Yes, sir." 



" Then why on earth didn't you lay hold of 

 him and secure him, you could not be afraid 

 of his injuring you whilst on the ground in 

 such a position ? " 



"Well, sir, there were so many of them, I 

 was afraid there were more coming, so, you 



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