[The Young Engineers in Nevada by H. Irving Hancock]@TWC D-Link bookThe Young Engineers in Nevada CHAPTER V 6/11
I'm tired---I ache.
Why can't I sleep on the other cot in this tent ?" "Come here," ordered Tom. Alf wonderingly advanced. Whiff! whiff! moved the young engineer's nostrils. "Just as I thought," sighed Reade.
"You've been smoking cigarettes without any let-up ever since supper." "Well, I have ter," argued Drew. "And now you smell as fragrant as a gas-house, Alf.
Mr.Hazelton is rather particular about the little matter of cleanliness. If you were to sleep on his cot the smell of cigarettes would be so strong that I don't believe Mr.Hazelton could stay on his cot when it came his time to turn in." "But say! If you knew how dead, dog-tired I am!" moaned Alf. "Oh, let him sleep on my cot," interposed Harry, good-heartedly. "If I can't stand the cot when I come to use it, then it won't be the first night that I've slept on hard ground and rested well." "All right, Alf, climb in," nodded Tom.
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