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And now the Preacher and his vehement lieutenant
struck up a last hymn of petition to Providence and man.
Those of the Bed Liners whose windpipes still registered
above 312 degrees hopelessly and tunelessly joined in.
In the middle of the second verse Thomas saw a sturdy
girl with wind-tossed drapery battling against the breeze
and coming straight toward him from the opposite side-
walk. "Annie!" he yelled, and ran toward her.
"You fool, you fool!" she cried, weeping and laughing,
and hanging upon his neck, "why did you do it?"
"The Stuff," explained Thomas briefly. "You know.
But subsequently nit. Not a drop." Hie led her to the
curb. "How did you happen to see me?"
"I came to find you," said Annie, holding tight to his
sleeve. "Oh, you big fool! Professor Cherubusco told
us that we might find you here."
"Professor Ch - Don't know the guy. What saloon
does he work in?"
"He's a clearvovant, Thomas; the greatest in the
world. He found you with the Chaldean telescope, he
said."
"IHe's a liar," said Thomas. "I never had it. He
never saw me have anybody's telescope."
"And he said you came in a chariot with five wheels or
something."
"Annie," said Thomas solicitously, "you're giving me
the wheels now. If I had a chariot I'd have gone to bedI _ I
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