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el ' beat it.: But thatdn't seem' likely,
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e 4if .00u tireircsiniatancee• kw-PAUg f.0 .there!ti ;leiter any One'ronnd tht
las vieleme, . • " ' Pert: of the Path earlY iuthe,inorniniffi
Leavy .silenc'elligit and ttle. W4ile therk a. stone
is bviztheg 1,,,,,y 1169*.: ' . • ' , : .b1 uffso thatthe view , ' viemit eThe
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• „. 44H-. f7011,1, #01t, Mr, Nr:•41,4;4 then blrd tha'.'cliu. the job $dertainly picked
.'x4:4e.,•.;l'sWllPlief°1.it.Azi1:w':!1f4iIr14t'iTtet'Pa13reft:e°ipl:of.n91t;g4A'd4;glIt.eveitsa7fdl'
till the wagon eame for it, and went
luetantlyi: but it steed that Vaxice's
to Sprigs's house itA 93rd ,§treet,..
%. argenleTit had no been without Its '41)
d got his name and addresi from•a
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„. .etfekti.on•hiiii. Ile AUrnet:1 ;desperatell
- couple- of letters--inhas pocket. I found,
• . thea y. • A . o i old N i.:1,110 a_ Atild,th4t, colurawa,_liv„,..1
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1.14-11.iniF-w02441-Wierdlr, Orr! , • . 14ing with his .parents, and that it. WftS
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' 'Markhate: was atilt hattling against eta -habit' to take a -1:Valk in the Park*
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' • ; , .0 be `did not answer. ': ',Presently, how, eieiningabout half, paat, seven. .-. ."
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. -be teseated himself at his ilia
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jid
ilteee4v)3siii,eoli7i.n.e...7:rewaifthtehnot;lpebriltgignge:ans:,..,
dr•nmmed with_hiefingers_ upon
New York
Sergeant?"' '• ' ' *17.::
earing
• "Captain ,Pitts, The local men at
the 68tiv.,,,P#Q0 Station, grabbed it. BX ANNABEL1 IVBRTHiNGTObT
f• st,.but when the news was relayed
:to the Bureau, Pits and a couple cf
oin boys went lip' to.lOok-infe ft,t •,-Fa
-washout-Bitt:--.140e..0'?I';•
tc4JAcIt Just liefore J " came .0Ver, hers'
Mora told him to •stay ' With it"
l'farichaM--presged the buzzer 137-i-
• neatii the edgeef his !leak, and Sweet,'
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•A m4n,),niown as, et'Uck• Robin is shot
••• •• .with an ; arrow .on the - archer50' range
beside the lionie of Peot.17Thliard.
trice Attorney Markhaincellain Phiio
peiicearrest Sperling,lnit later alloW,
' Vallee o
t•'•help..him..-selye th.e'. crime.The•
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'Cion resta:arci. •Sigard ''Arriesson., a.
protege. of Prof: Diilard's.;;Pardee, a
• • . • Wealthy., diallinsiened, malt with a pas-
• akin for •chess,...Ms. Druleket mentally
'Unbalanced, and :her 'Oen, • Adolph,•! a,.
•':: • . •• ..cripple .• ith a,.kuper-inteileet, the•
• „servantsof.DaLard's.honseheld..Then
• , L.. . !a...TOYErteiknig t, arrives the
: • • .•murderer ' Signed The isho.p. Later
•'7 ' ...another .. Murder . is ',Committed • in• :the.
• •• 'santia•vicinity• J.�lin L Sprigg is..shot
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sat Staring at Vance like-
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' Man honetized.. 'Heath stood.
•• ,7. 1s Month...partly cigar held,
a feW•liches from. his lips. 'There ..was
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• ; gdaiit's attitude; and I had a nervous
AnClination..to•laugh; but for'the ino-
'Merit My blood seenied.frozen.;i and all
iuscular inoVernent was impossible
Markham was .the firA-to speak.
Jerking his head backward, he brought
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••• "WhitrieW4unacipf yours is thia?" •
• Ile was fighting desperately iEgainSt
V n durobfounding • spgke-Aon-
' . • "I'm' beginning' to think the Robin
•• case has affected yogr mind:,
• • man with' the eommoriplace name of
:t -• -be shot without Ygur*tryng
to turn it into some grotesque hot-O„s.
wt. • . you must admit; Markhani;
rite .• •• '• • • old dear," • returned .Vance,;" mildly,
, • 7 "this particularly Johnny Sprigg was
' "shot with `a little gun,' throtigh, `the
Middle of his wig,' sp to :speak.'
Persoil wbo.ltd.led.e/uelt. 3.O.biti With
an arr has vented -his grin huinor
iipihe hapless Sprigg. •Voincielence
is t of the' clUeStion. Such repititive
parallels Would knock the entire fene-
dation out from all sanity and reason.
'Pon My soul; the'iorla ikrgiad puede:,
treh7rnadnese*oild cliaiipa'te. all
science and. rational -thinking:, Sprig's'
death is rather hideous; hilt it must
•be faced...And however. much YOU poi,
force yourself to protest •against its:
'incredible implications ,you'll eventu-
ally have to accept them."
• • Markham. lied risen, and Vas pac-
ing nervously Up .and down.
• !fill grant . there are inexplicable
,elements -in this nene:-crime?-4-11is-
cornbativeriess had gone, .and his tone -
:had. Moderated.. "But if we assume;
even tentatively, that some maniac
is at large reconstructing the rhymes
•of his ,nursery days, 1 can't see how it
will help, us. It wohld practieally
ose All' routliie-l!s-ef--Investiga
thoeldn't say' that, • don't -y'
Vinee 'Was smoking medita-
tively, -inilined..to think that
a.-s-Sti-inidi woard siinply us
with a clefinite,hitsis Of iiiquiry."
. s saicasra. Al we gotta do is
to gO.'Orut and find one bug among six
iiiion PeOpIe., A:Cinch!"
',!DO,alt,let the dailies -et iliscetirage'.
ment overcome you:, Sergeant., 'Otir,
usive jester is a :'rather,distinctive
entomological •speennen. Moreover,
wehave. certain clews as- to -his exact.
habitat. . ."'
••• ; • Markham 'Swung -round. "What 0"
you mean by:that?" • . • •
that this Second crime. is
related to .the first • not only psychO'-.
bit geographically.•-• Both.
murders,.*ere cominitted. within a few
bloeke-of-eaeh. "other-our:•:destructive
lemon at .beast has a 'weakness *the
neighborhood 'in which., the Dillard'
'honse., is situated.. 1Turtherreore,.• the'
ve107 factors of the two. murders pre,:
elude the possibility of his having
come from afar to give rein to his dis-
torted Ifumor unfamilia...4%,surronnd-
ings.- As •T learnedly pointed mit to-
:ko," Wee translated into the
Beypnd by some one who knew all the
conditions obtaining. at the Dillard
house at the exact hour the ,grisly
drama wasPerforined; .and surely it's
obvious that this second crime could
not. have been so •staged had not
the, inipressario been acquainted with
'Sprigg'a 'ambnlat'rY. -intentions this
-morning.. •Indeed, the entire: median-
itm of these weird playlets proves that
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"What if was?"-, A --difa--flush- •
had crept info lVlarkharies face. "Tg
that any reason for your going about
• babbling Mother Goose rhyme?" •
I say, I .never -babble, don't
y' know." • Vance had'dropped into
a chair facing the District Attorney's
• desk. ""I may not be a thrillin' elo-
••cutionist; but really, now I don't bab-
ble." , ble." Ile gave Iteith an ingratiating
smile: "Do I, Seiteant?" •
•But Heath had no opinion tb ex-
, press. He still herd his astonished
pose, though his eyes had now become
• mere slits in his, broad, -pugnacious
face.
"Arayou seriously suggesting-?
' • began Markham. but Vance interrupt-
• ed him. ' ••
"Yes! Vni seribesly.suggesting that.
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't,te
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ORK won't wait for a
• headache t� year off.
• - trowt- Do or sympat y a
suh times, but .get • some
Apirin. Jt neveria1ils.
Don't he a 'chronic sufferer
from heaclacheS; of' any other •
pain. See 4 decter and get at
the cause. Mean t don 't
play martyr. There's alvtrays
quick comfort in Aspirin: It
never does' any harm.- Isn't it
fool ish to suffer any need le'ss
pain? It may be. only a simple
hedache, or tt
it may be ne-
] algia or neuriis. Rhetlinatism.
Lurrilrage. Aspirin is still the
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- fiensible thing" tq, takeThere
is hardly any or pain thes',e
tallets relieve; they' are a
grt:at cotnfort in inn who
tuffer periodically; they are
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always ' to be relied on for
breckierng up colds. •
BUY. th' box that says
Aspirin , and has :Genuine
printed in red, Genuine Aspirin'
tablets, db • not depress the
• heart. All druggists
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'* 41:WV iiiii4100:4110Starge004q,..she ,444,i7a.i0v2A0A00147.1,74
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his youthful secretary, ipPearect
atqlte siViriging &Ca. that. led to,the
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clerical room:between .the District At.
turners ,private- office and. the:mien
waiting room: ° . • ••
Get Inspector Morin on the Wire,"
he ordered,- , , • '
When the connection had 'been Made
..heldrew the telephorie toward him and
apeke_for several minutes. . When he
had., replaced the. receiver, he, gave
Heath
"you're now offiCially handlings the
Sprigg case, Sergeant. CaptainPitts
will he here presentlyand then we'll
know where • we steed.'?. :He began.
looking threugh a. pile of paPers ne.
fere him, f:Tve-'get to be convirmed,"
he, added half-heartedly, "that Sprigg
'and 'Robin 'are tied n in •the saves
Pitts, a Short, stocky Man, with a
lean; hard face and a black :tooth-
brush moustache, arrived ten minutes
later. 'H was; I learned afterwards,
one of the most competent men in the
Detective Division. • His specialty was
"White -cellar" gangsters, ' He shook
hands with Markham and gave Heath
•a companionable leer..
• ' Vancei6 helping us nactificiall
Ly
Witli.,-the-Robi•n-caseaptain'" ,
planted Markham; "and Since this ,
man'Sprigg was killed in the same.
nelghborlinierWe-; thought .we'd like
to hear your preliininary report on
the affair" Ile took out a box of Ger:
ona Perfectos, and pushed it acres
thedeak. • .•
"You needn't -put the 'request that
ivy,,sir.". The Captain' smiled, .and
selecting 'a .gigar _light it to., his nose
• with atind of voluptuous satisfaction.
"The Inspector. told me you had some
Webs abont this new case, and wanted
• to, take it on. To tell Ion the truth.
I'm glad to get rid, of it." He sat dqwn
leisurely, 'and lighted his 'cigar. "What
would you like to know, sir?"
"let naji_e_v_e_the WholeratorY„,'.'
Markham.'
• Pitts • settled ,himself corefortabfy. •
"Well; I happened to be on hand
• when the case came through -a little
after this morning -and I took
a couple of the 'boys and beat it.up-
town. The local men Were on the job,
and an assistant Medical Examiner
arrived the same time I did. . . ."
"Did you hear his report, Captain?"
asked
Sprigg was shot through the
top of the•head with a .32. No signs
of a struggle -,no bruises or anything.
Nothing fancy. Just .8. straight shoot-
ing." ^ •
"Was he lying 'On his back when'
found?"
• "That's '.right. Stretched out nice
,and pretty, right in the middle a the
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:Weill,' boys a.ok.1 i1s sp ,citteer headed% her elit,into the wind",
things have happined to es'wnile tiVe' •baps if we had it•Ackivn ell the advetl-
altrt. the world during last tures we Were.going to' meet we,:Wiiiihr •
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-few montlie--that•Ave just le to toll- itevQr. bayie- made.tte..trio-at all ii!Or • • • '
-You-4116. -sVPPY--
Some day,:. •Perlmes • YoAll fly Oyer' bf 'advenfures, actually liaviiig their• • • •
strange •ceuntriet, cenntries
• , • with' SaVag.e, tribe47
alig•
'and a thousand In'
of whiie• sitting. at.
119Me.
„above, the , pleads
ntP;;Irinh.ae:4:0,Yn°d4'1'llotio,;
doWn. ...1,1fern ..4.117 •
liicP big sea of goldandsilver rin the.
snerise;.p.and g._Way.•,,cloWn-Uelow, • you#
see•gre.gt„:11.eots of ivarshlpS in their
lierbers, so'. far eleven that -they. leak'
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zLmelitzilnaidyso.jus cinfottean_li- 13‘14.,EteVrx1C890.7114:410.-.1-H7
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WW1 tilgtt 5:'Q.1 Were in Some :nice saf,O;, ..„
•place instead. , • • • ..
Once in the air, b, piene- is not )aiA. •
to front ef pilots seat. • '
ii the chief 'control lever:kbown se,s• . ' •
the, "stick.", - It is not very harril4
name to reMbinber,'iitit. it is a , .
sptileelicet"9owt4trlida
f1111;!est'tlat',1149YRri°142tftf4fs-1 6"-11;s Ptt €1)114.ptitorap.11.,ck•;".
f
a4d.t. Course • pulls7 'the :Pline..,:doWn. •
• The.-lobtlevets Werk -the rudders
like toy boats floating on -the 0( at the extreind of plane. When.'
• .. ..'• • ., At ethertimes yottql,:ity-over 1.)4eki.s.tipourutioshtotlite,liee4iiievoi.tot_thstioiernigh1 t.,_,),iit:bi!_to.plaltinoa.f,.:.: i:„.,........ .,
a bathtub. • .,
-, . • . tropical feresta .arid• foliow, the wlitee
. . ...,. I•traok oun
:. f known riVers tinder t . left,. the Plane goes to the lift. lira, . .,
'light of .a huge bright Moon ----Wonder-' dei'eaIttlw. ilt41.1r.'3,v'ellt;etielen.tg::inlist'ffea'aid''' ''°,:Alll*r°uYlid•li ...: '
etiles lurk :in ,the's wellies - and •: tigart
and. bears hant thDougli the livelong
,wliere croee. eleck•op. the ins,truMent 7..thibard tel 7'.• . ' ... : .. . ,:
toe •hoW••f.est i 'am .going -.-another tells •
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: . nil, dangerous. forests
night, ...while. bine ' . faced Mops...keys
•swing tad :jabber in thsarees' • •".
Youll see thee thingi,ond a ,th.olis..,.
and More, land .of. course You'll Went to . • " '' ' : As ..Sve. flow, • , .• .
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tell the •boys • r,ind Oda you all. , overthfoot
abou£ yoUradventiu•es,just'llice 'I ani • . .
gOing to tell . you 'Mine: 7;..,' ' .. 1.' : .,1' ,hills; the Seen, • ... • .
call Me .CaPtain ,Jiiiiiny.. While..my'.,. •- '''• • . niewroyor.oe•cilieb.i.4,1;41aettis,neu: le:7.
Most of. the 'boys and giriS.I.I.know • ':',
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.that. We Ilya Vtekers plane. B.y.,we.• '''''.;', • • c O al, '.1.aVirieS, ..•,... , : ... .
.. and.," liei.e and
real •eanie is. Captain James HarWorth • .
NeWberry, only' the grOwn-Ups call•ine •fri '..,
': th4e, an, Clien: ''•••". - -7
ine.,ttw wgh up: r ain in the air. Se ••
you see it'sall easy enough: when yo' ' .
get flied to it -like lets ef thingS,that, •
leek .hard fit first "
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ILinean-Seottie-and-inYtelS cottle-is-
oue of those plain.whiskert . dogs
known as Sbotoh Terriers. He looks
like an animated bath brush, and, he
•bas never won .a hlue ribbOn or a prize;
Willik •
• • va • w tere
• the Y
cabin of some homesteader or pros-, , •
Pector Show &half the cover of the
's a gwoods. .Th shadows began-tei Make
Yet, for sheer personality, he'do. •
patches on, .t1r. sunlit country: beloW-4.
Show by himself.• the shadows •....Of gathering. elands:
49917 - 6L.‚•what a CreW' • he 'makes.
Scott.i the An,s1 „the rstritti ,s,-,4ffettre-trrto
wrong and pawed it :my flying: suit -
as . dogs do when trying to draw Year. ' •;•:.•.;
• 'attention:. . ,Then..suddenlY "puff" ' . .
•• Anyway, I found Scottie when he was
only just about six. weeks old,: and he
-and I 'just- took to each' other. You
;knowhOw.:2 it.' Annet).nreS.L.a. K'',111,1St' of wind. .struelc us -then another
just adopts yon. You don't buy jinn;
(1°- -atod-a-notlierillen---4-,-7rain-squan int; -- --;----,
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he etas.' you. Seettie Just got used m
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us -and in a onient we .were in the
T'----re-flifilikaiiiand iiitli me se I couldn't cencer-ofr,the,-nrearrest4torm-ryonTever-7-,-• ---,
• ' keel's him Out of the plane:. From'the Saw, the old shit) rocking and tOsSing •• , ,
-daY a my first ridelrelia's gone every. like a boat in an angry sea -the sky - i
where; with me -all over Canada Eur growing darker every ininute-and the
ope. and even Africa.. rain coming • down in sheets amid the
blinding stab of bine lightning.. Then .
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it eas .a fine bright morning when• - .1" crazily and the
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. the right wing dpee,'
we • pulled the old 'Welters out of her plebe began to slip sideways. .. 1 .
hangTif, at 'fife Calgary eking field, and . (To, be continued next TqiursdaY5 ,
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' Every 'smart woman. kno 'that.
dispensable•in daytime wardrebe.,••-
•And this one is outstandingly
' chic *and extremely wearable for
• stlIeet or afternoons. , •• • • ,,:.
Aridits Cut on slenderizinglines
• to withits draped cowl bodice in
„plain blending crepe. • The ModiA
floniteee: of. the:...sieev,ea.._repeaf the
plain crepe as does the tiny vest. •
• The curved -seaming of the hip-
• -line is length giving. ; • .
2097. May be had in
sizes 1.6,48 year, 36,38,•'40and 42
iches.bnet.' • •
Plain :crepe silk anderepy wool.;
ens are' smart • for. this becoining
model.
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givingninher and 'size
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"And :;vrtanthis fraetneed
• where • held •falln on the asphalt?"
The .questionnit negligently.
Pitts took ilia cigar front his mouth.
and gave Vance a sly look. • •
"I, guess maybe you fellow over
da-na:
ease" Ile nodded his head Sagadows.
"Yes, the back of the guy's skull
was all bash-4,in, He Stire had a
tough fall. But I guess he didnt
feel it -not with that bullet in his
brain. i. ,"
• peaking of the shot, Captain,
• didn't anythingabout it Strike you as
peculiar?" •
. yes," • Pitts adinitted,
rol • armeditati-velY bet=
hi thumb:and foreAngr. "The top ef
a yrs head isn't Where I'd ordinarily
look for a, bullet-hle. And his hat
an't touchal-it must have fallen
off :bfore he was potted: Yon might
alithose facts, pecniiar, Mr, Vance."
"Yes, .Captaii, theyre dashed pe-
culiar. .And I take it th' pistol
wa* held at clWie
"Not mOre'n a couple of inches
away. The hair was singedroukid the
'hole." He made a broad gesture bf
!riconst,quence. Still and all, the grtv
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Sonnet •
Ah, • .n� W • that you, • who held my
thoughts for years, • ` '
Chotolafe Malted :it
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The health-givin, delicious drink for children and grown-
ups. - Pond- andHulf Pound tins at your grocers.,
Have. cfatighed anlightly • turned A
away from me, • .. ...
1 Name
And I, • bewitched 130. more. and free
from tears, • •. . •
it'ffYr
• and see • •
You 'pass . uncaring by, your ,eyes
grOwn• teld, •
And feel; ineteadpt Ioe, fane.sur,
• prise
That hearts can be so easily consoled,
That .1 can watch, Unhurt, yew.- rv.
Ing eyes ••
Seek other lve, can see your gay
fair had.
TUTU Caratesly from me, and know
that I • •
Care even. less than you, that al we
Said • •
• Of constancy was lighter than a
. sigh:, •°
Again .1 see, *so long obseured by Jove,
The contstanhills and boundless sky
• •bove! ° •
--I reh e M. McCrae 'The Aus ere.:
asan.
A.mobt desirable Plant foi- the home
nnght haye seen the other fllowdraw is the cliVia miniata, a pretty lilytlike
the' gen, and ducked .fori.vaisd, spilfirg Plent of easy culture. It blbonis
clur-
his ht. That would account for his ing the sitting and sthninOr. .9dth
getting the shot at close range iretlx, eratigDeci A?vers' about inches
"Quite quite. , long. • • .
top of .the head.,"
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it that, in that
ewe, he wont 't have fallen over "Dent you knoW her? Why, sho
beck, but woul ‘liae pitched forwiml lives in the same square with
on his fate. . . . But go on svtth "Ye, but shes ttot In the: store
story, Calain." • .•
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Fitts gave Vance a look or
agregfitcnt, and continued: sad soul, rake (:tntort. nor forget
"Th'' first think I did was to r, tlett sunrise ,never 11.4
through Urn fellttiv'S pocket,: 04110 1.314"454'; '"„ •
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gond geld p;atcl ofFTii.t and4hoill • • '
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, con dollars tri hills and silver, WA L l(1('(( 10
t didn'tlook likea (1(;1111litseeihitid int pirt -end' he
tlib guy flee:4t him got; pm -picky tirk was r pri.evt.d.
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