. Pick, shovel and pluck; further experiences "With men who do things". Copyright, International News Service GAMBOA DIKE BEFORE THE Copyrij^hl, Jiyron Co. BLOWING UP GAMBOA DIKE WITH FORTY TONS OF DYNAMITE. Severing the Isthmus. 33 Cant help it, Jim. Its rising just the same. Watch itnow. I had to admit that he was right. Then that cant bethe Pacific Ocean, I asserted. I am not so sure about that, declared Bill, going overto the table, where he picked up a map that he had pur-chased the night before. Look here. Then I realized for the first time that the Isthmus ofPanama has such
. Pick, shovel and pluck; further experiences "With men who do things". Copyright, International News Service GAMBOA DIKE BEFORE THE Copyrij^hl, Jiyron Co. BLOWING UP GAMBOA DIKE WITH FORTY TONS OF DYNAMITE. Severing the Isthmus. 33 Cant help it, Jim. Its rising just the same. Watch itnow. I had to admit that he was right. Then that cant bethe Pacific Ocean, I asserted. I am not so sure about that, declared Bill, going overto the table, where he picked up a map that he had pur-chased the night before. Look here. Then I realized for the first time that the Isthmus ofPanama has such a decided twist in it that the Pacific endof the canal is actually southeast of the Atlantic end, andthat while people at Panama see the sun rise out of thePacific, those at Colon see the sun set over the breakwaterinto the Atlantic Ocean. When, later, we told Mr. Hawkins about our fright, heburst into a hearty laugh. I made almost as bad a mistakemyself, he said. When I first came down here, I had anotion that as long as I was on the Pacific coast, I wouldtake a run up to San Francisco. Much to my amazement,I learned that it would take m
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