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OR, LUKE FOSTER'S STRANGE VOYAGE.
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"It can't be true," he cried, hoarsely.

"The officers of the law claim that it is true. But that is not the worst of it. They claim that the cargo was a bogus one, and that you are guilty of fraud. Foster, here——"

Mr. Canning did not continue. "With a deep groan my uncle had sunk back into his office chair like one dead!