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Frank Merriwell's Nobility - The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp by Burt L. [pseud.] Standish
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York."

"Sailors are always superstitious. They are ignorant, as a rule, and
ignorance breeds superstition."

"Do you consider Mr. Slush ignorant?" asked Bruce.

"Didn't have time to size him up, but he's queer."

"I shall feel that I am over a volcano during the rest of the voyage,"
said Jack. "What if there was somebody on board who wished to destroy
the ship?"

"It wouldn't be much of a job," grunted Browning. "A match touched to a
powder keg would do the trick in a hurry."

"But he'd go up with the rest of us," said Frank.

"Unless he used a slow match," put in Jack. "These captains always have
their enemies, who are desperate fellows and ready to do almost anything
to injure them. The steamer might be set afire by means of a slow match,
which would give the villain time enough to get away."

"I hardly think there's anybody desperate enough to do that kind of a
trick, for it would be a case of suicide."

"Perhaps not. The chap who did the trick might have some plan of
escaping. Then I have known men desperate enough to commit suicide if
they could destroy an enemy at the same time."

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