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It ) iourselt ourself 3ourself , " ; , " ' Garth Oarth fold told himblve him6Ive him * felve blve 6Ive It 1t back , to him soon as asVor asver asver Vor ver this t1 ( Ills ls fly fiy madness There .3 3 s . .3dnet sdnet 33net dnet , , Huxby , . Better stand stnnd in en ine ene Ine e till tilt you get It onto on to " tormentell mented rmentell talented mm lD'ln lDln man ' flrst first ran to lie lee liethe leethe lie.the liethe . deepMoused . the rill rm bank Between deep deepe.doused deepedoused e.doused edoused . , his bitten face In a adashed adashed aI dashed the gratefully gratetully cooler cool cooler er the back of or tils his neck 'the the ' 1 he he Ihehe hehe 'thehe stopped , the pests buzz buzzed buzzedgain buzzedigaln .d d < . smokythe smokyhe gain . He ran to the smoky forhet he Ore fire without stopping btopplng foret for foret et et . . , e hadh hadb first time since bInce Gartb Garth had consldfor h b Raniill RamUl Ramlll , bhe she s > he showed sho\\ed sho ed \ consld consid consldor considor or someone else than herself herself'ond herselfond . ' ond and piece of liver l1ver had beto betoDOugh bet befcoioougli n nRoughl DOugh Roughl to be eatable eatab1e She toreI1nd toreand tore > and I1nd gave halt hatt half to her fiance fiance00d fiancetooth nanceJBOOU tooth 00d . , Vivian Try It . You Youfamlshtd Youfamishtd Youtarnished famlshtd famishtd " oespectcd Detpected fCZpected graclousness graciousness calmed calmedc calmedcrazed calmedgrazed c crazed zed n11ndLIlithyou mindLllithyou mind n11nd mindk k LIlith-you LIlith you Lllith-you Lllith Llllth - you roasted thia this your yourf t yourt yourt'ill t'ill till \ ' III It1 tn taste 3te ' doubly delicious " couldn'tt couldntt d a laugh "But But " I couldn't couldnt ' 100d food couldn't100d couldn'tfood ood out of ot your 3 . } our mouth " " mouth"pan mouthpan on plenty1caught cook more There's Theres ' plenty plenty1 " . " ' iCaugbt naught hunryd hungryd caught air Mr Ramlirs llamlll's llamllls Ramtll's Ramtlls ' hungryshook hunryshook hungry hunry , : d shook his head " "Not Not " yet yet1 yetter ter lr " . . ' ? 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' > was ' in 'ln ln n encour1Hlg encouraging . ; encoiiriBitigsign encour1Hlgsign encouragingsign sign claImmd Thai That eisy e\sy e sy easy ' \ climb to the claIm claimhad claimind md had the fast return Ind h\d h d hid ' \ been violent violentexercise violente e exercise . erClse for the mine 1m Imestor insestor estor lIe lIetoul liecould Hecould toul could not IU1\ IU1 ha\c ha c IU1c base \ \ c I itco\ercd itco ercd lCOered lecoiered lCO\ lCO \ ered so soon SOOD If Ifhis his hc heart rt hnd IUHl bad been b'1dliut badBut bid b'1d b1d bad bidBut ' casiGarth But liut \ whin Illn he opened optned his cigir dg'lr dglr cigar ' case cas ; , , Garth int interposed'lots interposed interposed'Ion rpo ed ed'lou Bettci ettel Betset 'Ion Ion 'lou lou 'lots lots ' ' lu\\ lu haie lue irate . \ e onl onii only four left , sir Bet et tel set hold ( llicm thcm item bick b\clc b clc biclc ' \ to taper oft ort off graJ- graJ grad- grad ' - grad'uall graduall graJuall gradually uall ually 1 llns Ill1s his golnjto goingto . ) cliange change of diet Is going goln to jolt you ; ou h'lI hlI Inid bald ' d enough No \ wine \ IDe or orwhlsk orwhisky whisky whlsk orwhisky , either el i her ' diatnnce dbtllnce dhtitnce Mr tr Ir llainlll Hamill Itamill \ walked waiLed alb.ed albed . along 41long quite a db dh tllnce titnce hisface hisfnce witli "ith ith siith " the ( lie cigir cigar clg 1r case open , his mosquitogmze mosqultg'1uze mosquitogauze fnce face Imp Impisshe 13$1\ 13$1 131 rssls 13$1e $ \ e a Inside tlie the mosqult\ mosqult mosquito { \ g'1uze g1uze gauze ' of tliL thl the hl liLidnct htadnet . 1dnet When 1Vlien at last he lastlie lasthe looked looled , up lie he clo closed ell [ the lie cigar C'lse Clse case C'lsennd caseand elseand ' nnd and Inndcd h1nded handed It to Garth Gartb ' You're Youre ' the doctor thedoctor octvr . _ Girth G1rtll Garth put tlie the tube case ca cn < ! c in his shirt shirtlocl.et shirtpocket shirtpocket locl.et loclet pocket [ . locl.et'All 'All All 'Allright ' All right , sir .ir ir . you'll youll ' get themw themit tbew them it \ \ hen they 11 II do you i ou the most good- good goodand goodand good goodand - and you ioull au II it get them all " Again ' Mr 'Ir Ir Rimlll Ihmll1 Ramlll \ walked alked along with withhI withhI withhis hI hI : . , ' " g"i7e gi7e g17e g'iie giie on the ground grountJ They were werene werenehr werencir nehr ne r the musl mush eg suamp sisamp sn amp before he ha halooked helooled helooked looled looked , up lie Ile turned hi his : ' > shrewd gaze gazeupon gazeupon gazeupon upon Girtli G'lrth Glrth Girth ' , , and nnd spohe1th spoke spohe \ with \\1th 1th bluntLlil bluntdli blunt ] Llil dli dliectncss dliectncssbit ectncs ectnesa ' ' l\ l lhats \\bit bit \ , \ hats b'1t b1t ' s ) , our gune g'lme glme rune ' ? ' 'M\ 'M M )1\ )1 1 'Mti Mti 'Mgiroc )1g'1rne ' ) \ \ giroc g'1rne g1rne rime ' ? ' 'lcs lcs ' les lese \\e e \ \ \ \ \ e may as ii \ well ell settle tbls this tblsnow thisnow thisnow now as later Inter Don't Dont ' tell tetl me you youhaven't youhavent ha\ ha youha youhasen't haen't hasen't hasent \ en't ent ' ' some big scheme In mind lou lougu'se lougues'ed louguessed gu'se guse gu'see gues'ed guesed ( ' , " ' we \\e e fie \ \ m meant 1nt to cast off and lea.e leae lease leaseyou lea\eiou lea eiou \ . you ou holding the sick s\ch s ch ' \ Otherwise OthCl OtheiwI \ I < ; e yo I t twouldu't iwouldn't iwouldnt ouldn't ouldnt wouldu't wouldut \ \ ' I l lave a ale \ e t31 taken , n that key hey part partfrom partfrom partfrom from the plane rlane motoi motor , . " ' Garth Gurth cnucklcd cnuc1c1ed cuuckled . , 'Did Did ' Did you e\ e c\cr c cr eer eser \ er out outslit out\\lt out lt slit \ \ It a to\ to foi tocorner to \ , , corner a pack pach of \ wolves \ ol\"es ol "es es \ " , , or ortrap ortrap ortrap trap a crofty crafty old bear ? ' The Tbe ruddy rudd ) face of ot the mIllionaire mIllionairepurpled millionairepurpled millionairepurpled purpled 'What What ' What is the connection ? ' 'Nothing Nothing ' invidious , " Garth nssured assured nssuredhim assuredhim assuredhim him 'I I ' 1 had IHld hind in mind onl onlv only " the fun 0 of ofthe ofthe : the gime g'lme glme ' " 'So So ' So ? 'ell ell ' , \ " Well ell , young man mnn , It has ll al llre'ldy already ! alreidy re'ldy reldy ready ' been admitted that lhat you've youve J iou OU\ OU OUe ' ' < \ e so fartaken far fart3ken fartaken t3ken taken all aU the trlcl tricks s I give g'1\'C g'1 g1 'C C ' \ you crel1lt credit crel1ltror creditfor creditfor ror for more sense bense , , howe\er howe er howeser ho\\ ho hoe \ \ e\ e eer \ er , tnan you yousho youshowed youshowed shoe showed sho\\ sho \ \ e when sshen \ \ hen you cist C1St cast loose the plane planeGarth 1 1I 1r I r 11 , I 1 1e e 11 . IL ILGarth a ab b Garth Lifted Liftedlis Liftedils LiftedIts ' -lis lis -ils ils -Its Its - RiflePut RIHe Rifle ' "Put Put /Put " / Up UpYour UpYour UpYourHands Your Hands . " . " You had no need to walk up like a adupe adupe |