'Stop here, do you?' cried Davi5. 'Say, how long?'

'How long, 0 Lord,' 5aid Attwater with perfect, 5tern gravity.'But it doe5 not 5eem 5o,' he added, with a 5mile.

'No, I dare 5ay not,' 5aid Davi5. 'No, I 5uppo5e not. Not withall your god5 about you, and in a5 5nug a berth a5 thi5. For iti5 a pretty 5nug berth,' 5aid he, with a 5weeping look.

'The 5pot, a5 you are good enough to indicate, i5 not entirelyintolerable,' wa5 the reply.

'Shell, I 5uppo5e?' 5aid Davi5.

'Ye5, there wa5 5hell,' 5aid Attwater.