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But if that is not enough, I have papers to prove that those who might be called the owners have given up the search for it. More than a year has elapsed, and though I don't know just how long it takes to outlaw an under-ocean claim, I feel sure that we would have a legal and moral right to take this gold if we could find it."
"You have been very kind to us, and we would do anything we could for, but we don't want to take any long under-ocean trips if we can help it." "Very well," answered the professor, though he seemed disappointed. "I will pay you what I owe you and you can go." For some time after the departure of the two young machinists the inventor seemed worried.
"But toward evening the gurgling beneath me ceased, and I could see that the rudder no longer parted the quiet water, and that we had ceased to move. A flash of hope blazed up within me. Had the Water-devil found the ship too heavy a load, and had he given up the attempt to drag it to its under-ocean cave? I went below and had my supper; I was almost a happy man.
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