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[[strikethrough]] I saw the doorway in which I had come was only a little spot in the distance. This did surprise though not alarm me again turning around [[/strikethrough]]
   
T.S.S., "NIEUW AMSTERDAM"

I saw a little man dressed in a most curious costume with one of those leather hats used by [[?]] at that time--before I had time to make any remark he said "If it don't stop raining we'll have to get out the fire engine" Now it was not raining & even if it had been I thought why get a fire engine [[strikethrough]] I added [[/strikethrough]] but it was only said to space--before I had finished saying "why" he had apparently vanished into thin air--gone. I did not like this & was thinking it over when I heard a little rustle at my side a saw nearly exactly the counterpart of my little vanished man except that he had a long beard which was only prevented from touching the ground by being tied around his neck. I had not recovered from the shock of the disappearance of my little fireman