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"Swam ashore to rest, I suppose?"
"No, sar; he was dead. It was very vivid."
"Well, what has a vivid dead whale to do with me?"
"This!" Allan brought forth a sheet of paper, which he unfolded
carefully. "There is the number--the 'fish number,' sar."
"Why, this is a Chinese lottery advertisement."
"I got it for the very purpose. It would pay us to h'invest some
money on the 'fish number.'"
"Nonsense! I don't believe in dreams. You say yourself they are
false."
"Never such a dream as this, boss. It was very vivid."
"I've got no money."
Allan folded the paper disconsolately and thrust it into his
pocket. "It is fartunate h'indeed," said he, "that you will be
working soon, Master h'Auntony. And those P. R. R. was very
fartunate also for getting you to h'accept a position, very
fartunate h'indeed."
"Do you think I will raise the standard of efficiency?"
"Most of those railroad persons are vile people. They threw me
h'off the train with such violence that my joints are very stiff
and h'inflamed. I should h'enjoy being boss over them for a
while."
"Why don't you ask for a job?"
"I have decided to do so, and I am asking you now for an
h'engagement as brakesman."
"I can't hire you. Go to the office.
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