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 medicine chest? What did you do with it? You wouldn't have started that tirade unless you had it.”

“You Americans—very keen,” panted Caradoc in the midst of his rackings. “Think you're d-deuced smart—it's in my bag's lining—there was some alcohol in it, so I took it—let it go—don't do anything—for—me.”

Deschaillon entered with a bucket of seawater. They stretched the sick man on the floor, and a moment later, the Englishman shuddered under the deluge.

“This ought to be an ice pack,” observed Madden, then: “I believe I remember laying that medicine case in my old cabin; I'll see,” and he walked out of the mate's room into the darkness.