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darkness that seemed to fall upon us as by the dropping of a curtain.

Morton, who now sat at the helm [[strikethrough]] had was [[/strikethrough]] had been telling in his usual jockular strain of the experience of one of the longshoremen whith whom he was acquainted, saying that he, (Burton) had discovered him (Sam Jenkins) in a very uncomfortable position, in which he whas hanging head downward with one of his feet wedged between two piles.  Without much consideration for the feelings of the absent Samuel we all laughed heartily at the discription of his desperate condition and the rescue effected by Morton.  With the echo of our voices [[strikethrough]] vaices [[/strikethrough]] the sunbeam vanished from the water and the smile from our faces.

We looked about us with surprise and some concern.  A bank of clouds had eclipsed the sinking sun and the sky above us was becoming overcast.  The gusts of