CHAPTER XIV.

BULGER AND I TURN OUR BACKS ON THE FAIR DOMAIN OF QUEEN

CRYSTALLINA.—NATURE’S WONDERFUL SPEAKING-TUBE.—CRYSTALLINA’S

ATTEMPT TO TURN US BACK.—HOW I KEPT BULGER FROM YIELDING.—SOME

INCIDENTS OF OUR JOURNEY ALONG THE MARBLE HIGHWAY, AND HOW WE

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