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The Underground City

CHAPTER II
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I haven't forgotten that day." "Put on your cap, Harry," said the engineer.

"It's pouring, and politeness needn't make you catch cold." "Shall we take shelter anywhere, Mr.Starr ?" asked young Ford.
"No, Harry.

The weather is settled.

It will rain all day, and I am in a hurry.

Let us go on." "I am at your orders," replied Harry.
"Tell me, Harry, is your father well ?" "Very well, Mr.Starr." "And your mother ?" "She is well, too." "Was it your father who wrote telling me to come to the Yarrow shaft ?" "No, it was I." "Then did Simon Ford send me a second letter to contradict the first ?" asked the engineer quickly.
"No, Mr.Starr," answered the young miner.
"Very well," said Starr, without speaking of the anonymous letter.


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