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It _ was _ a rotten rag , he said , and undoubtedly in a weak position financially ; but the thirty bob would pay his board bill . Then Sum Fat , who knew that the ex-supercargo was lying as regarded the amount of his salary , nodded indifferently and went on pounding his awful hash . * * * * * ` Where is Mr Pinkham ? ' asked Denison at eight p.m. , when an exceedingly dirty small boy brought him his first proof . ` He 's tanked . -LCB- * -RCB- An ' he says he ai n't agoin ' to help no blackguard sailor feller to read no proofs . And most all the comps is tanked , too . '