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"Who is to be the captain of this craft, Tom? " asked Ash Burton, when the leader of the gang had taken his place at the post of honor.
"I am, of course," replied Tom, opening his mouth from ear to ear in a grin which was intended to express his astonishment that any one should put such a question to him.