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ocr>   Perk picked up one of the lanterns, for fie
fix>   Perk picked up one of the lanterns, for he
knew they would need some sort of illumination
if they intended to explore the regions below
deck which he termed the "hold," not being
much of a sea-going man, although capable of
filling quite a number of different callings from
engineer to air pilot.

He had not taken half a dozen steps after
descending the short flight of steps leading below
when he came to a sudden halt.

"Glory be! what was that?--sounded real like
a groan, Jack!" he exclaimed, trying to peer into
the gloom of the hold, where there seemed to
be row after row of the same type of wooden
cases with foreign inscriptions burned on them.

"Just what it was, Perk," agreed his chum,
pressing close behind the holder of the lantern,
"lift the light a bit, I think I can make out something
stretched out flat--yes, it must be a man,
I'm certain."

"Kinder guessed we'd run across one or two
o' the scrappers knocked out an' left behind in
the getaway rush," commented Perk who had
drawn his automatic before starting to explore
the lower regions of the rum-runner, not knowing
what they were apt to meet there.

He continued to advance, and presently they
were bending over a dismal looking object, undoubtedly
a man who might be a member of the

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