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Under the Great Bear

CHAPTER XXXI
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I have, though, right in St.Johns.

So, if you will endorse that New York draft to me, I will carry it into the city, deposit it at the bank, draw out the cash, and take the first train for Harbour Grace, so as to be there with more than enough money to pay your fine when you arrive.

After that I propose that we both go on to New York, where I am almost certain I can get you something to do that will pay even better than a lobster factory.

If that plan strikes you as all right, and if Mr.Gidge will set me ashore here, I'll just take a look at Bell Island and then hurry on to St.Johns." The plan appearing feasible to White, Cabot--taking with him only his bag of specimens, to which he intended to add others of the Bell Island ore--bade his friends a temporary farewell, and was set ashore.

As the country was still covered with snow, he had slung his snowshoes on his back, and as he was still clad in the well-worn fur garments that had been so necessary in Labrador, his appearance was sufficiently striking to attract attention as soon as he landed.


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