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BOB HOLLAND realised in an instant. He had felt that uncanny pushing at his leg before. When he struck a match, and held it aloft he saw only what he had fully expected to see, the great Dane Grip standing squarely behind him, the lips moving convulsively, showing teeth as formidable as a tiger's, the hair along the back of his neck bristling into a ridge. The dog pushed with his nose, prodding with the solidity of a brick, and he growled a note of warning.
"Hello! Hello!" murmured Bob--"you here. So Uncle Joseph Flatman is the mining man."