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    THE LIFE SAVERS

    A STORY OF THE UNITED STATES
    LIFE-SAVING SERVICE

    BY
    JAMES OTIS
    AUTHOR OF "AN AMATEUR FIREMAN," ETC.

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    NEW YORK
    E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
    31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET




    COPYRIGHT, 1899
    BY
    E. P. DUTTON & CO.

    The Knickerbocker Press, New York




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CONTENTS.


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