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Book Excerpt: people, and the news spreading out to the decks, many of the passengersgot out of their steamer chairs, and tried to swarm into the twodoorways.Tom, who never knew how he summoned Dr. Jones, being chiefly occupiedin astonishment at finding that he obeyed a command from a perfectstranger, did not come back to the library, but kept himself with thesame amazed expression on his face, idly kicking his heels in a quietcorner of the deck near by. He never thought of such a thing as beingworried over his Grandfather, for he couldn't remember when the oldgentleman hadn't been subject to nervous attacks; but somehow since "arow," as he expressed it, "had been kicked up," it was just as well tostay in the vicinity and see the end of it. But he wasn't going inside--no, not he!After awhile, Tom was just beginning to yawn, and to feel that no onecould expect him to waste time like that, and probably his Grandfatherwas going to sleep it out on the sofa, and the stupid doctor would findthat there wasRead More
