two
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But the name used told Gordon a good deal . The Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington signed his letters Harold B. Winton . Strong tossed the stub of his cigarette overboard and nodded good-night . A glance at his watch told Elliot that it was past two o'clock . He rose , stretched , and sauntered back to his stateroom . The young man had just taken off his coat when there came the hurried rush of trampling feet upon the hurricane deck above . Almost instantly he heard a cry of alarm .