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An Unexpected Passenger

           Hispantaloonsandjacketwereofbrownvelvet,andtheirinnumerablepocketswerestuffedwithnote-books,memorandum-books,account-books,pocket-books,andathousandotherthingsequallycumbersomeanduseless,nottomentionatelescopeinaddition,whichhecarriedinashoulder-belt.

           Thestranger’sexcitementwasastrongcontrasttotheMajor’splacidity.HewalkedroundMcNabbs,lookingathimandquestioninghimwithhiseyeswithoutelicitingoneremarkfromtheimperturbableScotchman,orawakeninghiscuriosityintheleast,toknowwherehecamefrom,andwherehewasgoing,andhowhehadgotonboardtheDuncan.

           FindingallhiseffortsbaffledbytheMajor’sindifference,themysteriouspassengerseizedhistelescope,drewitouttoitsfullestextent,aboutfourfeet,andbegangazingatthehorizon,standingmotionlesswithhislegswideapart.Hisexaminationlastedsomefewminutes,andthenheloweredtheglass,setitupondeck,andleanedonitasifithadbeenawalking-stick.Ofcourse,hisweightshutuptheinstrumentimmediatelybypushingthedifferentpartsoneintotheother,andsosuddenly,thathefellfulllengthondeck,andlaysprawlingatthefootofthemainmast.

           AnyoneelsebuttheMajorwouldhavesmiled,atleast,atsuchaludicroussight;butMcNabbsnevermovedamuscleofhisface.

           Thiswastoomuchforthestranger,andhecalledout,withanunmistakablyforeignaccent:

           "Steward!"

           Hewaitedaminute,butnobodyappeared,andhecalledagain,stilllouder,"Steward!"

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