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Tha The hairy hally band bands Ganda * 9f Qt Of Mr Tinker Tinkernund Tinkerbond Tinkertound nund bond tha the officer ofAcar'i ofAcari otllcer's otllcers ' ' , throat . . . They heldIn held baldin In > n while tha the two rolled raUed tolled on the thecround thebound tharound cround bound { Gradually the > > + Ct the ie Jap'a Japa Jap ' . con cos confUIslve cosrulalve conrulsive fUIslve rulalve movements topped stopped , and sad he heay heay heay ay atilL still etW . . Mr ' Tinker continued coatinued tc tcstain toetain to toetaln etaln stain hi bla his , grasp on tha the other other'r otherr other'riiroat other'aAroat otheraAroat ' ' . broat iiroat . , , viselike , . eveniwhen even < when , , In la turn turn turnhera . , , here was no mora more movement ovement from fromlim fromrim fromilm fromilmMr lim rim limMr rimMr Mr Winkia Winkle turned back to his hit hisnain hitvain binnain nain vain businessHe businessHe business businessHa Ha He felt no chock shock when ha h saw sew sawnore sewnone sawnore nore none assault boats boat boats * coming out of of l ofl , . j l / / ' i . . . 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Mr Winkle opened his ha [ eyes cau caw cautiously cawtiouslq cautiously tiously tiouslq He bad had been consc consc'ous conscous consc'aur conscaur ' : > us for fora fora fora a few minutes but he couldn t place placewhere placewhere placewhere where he wasThe was wasThe The first ftnt flrat thing he saw was the theface theface theface face of o1 Jack Pettlgrew Pettigrew Jack had hadowy hadonly hadonly owy only a head 4cad which floated ftoated Boated in the theair theair theair air all al ! by Itself The mouth in thehead thehead the thehead head said Bald HeUo Hello Poptsa Pop 60 tsa ' ' you made it too observed observedMr observedMr observedMr Mr Winkle WinkleMade Made it lt it ? ? Jack s a . bead In 1n 1nquired Inquired Inquired InquiredWe quired quiredWe We re dead , , aren t wet we ? askedMr askedMr asked , Mr Winkle You were dead y ylast \ ie ielast e elast last time I . saw .aw aw you This is le HeavI Heavn Heav Heaven en : n I suppose Or I is to . 1t-1 1t 1 it- it itIn it - - ? In somepanic somepanic soma some | panic ha he demanded Which one ? ' " The bead head laughed We re in anArmy anArm7 an ' Army Arm7 hospital hospltaJ 6oaptal [ just outsida outside of Loa LoaAngeles Lo LosAngeles . Angele Angeles ' " . Tba Tbe The rest of Jack lack cama came into focusClad focus focuslad Clad lad in pa pajamas amea and end a bathrobe bewas he be hewas heMTSS was sitting Qn < ? n the edge of a white whitebed whitered wbltabed bed red Thera There wera were lines Una of white wWte whital beds > eds bedsI edsI I 1 don t understand " Mr WinkJe Winkle WinkJesaId Winklerasa Winkiasaid saId rasa We're Were We'rfJ WerfJ ' ' . supposed .upposed upposed to ba be on oa onTaUo oafallzo onTalizo TaUo fallzo % You-and You and You - - and tha the Japa laps Jepa JapaThe ' ' The 'Tbe Tbe Japs laps Japes ' . Jack grinned "dldn dldn 'ldida ldida ' . " * didi > tlet t teet tget eet let anywhere an.where anwhere , . We'P Wa We \'P 'P P \ ' . Vj i taken tbe the tbewhole thewhole thawhole whole Island il\and il and \ . since .lnee lnee sloes then You .aved aved saved savedt . Baredit .avedIL IL t . You Ynu ra re a 8 hero Yau YOU ra re going colne to toge.t tolet toget ge.t get let . . medaL medeL Tha The President Pre.ldent Preldent . toldabout toldrbout told about bout rbout you in to ona one oar o of ! his bb h4 , speeches peeche . to " toAnd , And look at t these Wtce tb .e e . P pBperc papers pers " " "ack ack Zack "ackrummaled " Jackrummaged rummaled ummaged I In b * a locker locket between betoreen b tween thahda the theheda heda + * eds and ADd sad then held beld Geld tha the front Croat oaves DU4 rapes ! . r . . " ' J Jat J rl1 , "w w at 0 ! ' .new.pa new.pa newpa . newtp w fi . paperi fI zelab r ' . o MrL MrWJ Mr , < L , ' Wlnkt WJ 'pflgklq pflgklq te . . co aotdd aotddread ; coma comaraad id idread iof raad read tbern ( hem em , . , one t7nb On * of we t tbem tbemwa et 'wAa wAa ' 'Wa Wa ' -wa wa - . 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" U " Mr Mt ' Wlnide Winitle Winitleotdared Winkiaord Wlnideord "you you fou da do des tha the talking taDdn . , otdared ord u.td utd r . ! d . "Aftd Aftd 'At\d 'At At d "Azld Azld " ' \ 10ts Iota lot of lt It tL . " " "Y Y "YbUl YbUl "VOq VOq " + oa don't dont don.t ' . hve babe bay h ve . to $4 4 $ worry , " ' " ' Jaksat4 Jacktall Jack Jak ( : sat4 tall aid . i'M iM ' ' 'Mrs Mrs 'Mrt Mrt ' . . Winkia winkle Wlnltla know lmaws . X I want wanthams w wenthorn nt nthome < = home hams * to .eo eo see . se * my ny talk toVis foUts . I'm Im ' ' here bare herenow barenow heranow now only cmb Duly ' for a check CbCilclf : up belora beioro b fore I IJoin Iloin Iloin Join loin nay 1117 my new sew company coJnPJn : ) ' We're Were ' head head-ed head ed . - . ed ell tor for th the Philippine PhtUpplne Phllippinet * . tlu this time Ume " " ' "Yo Yo "you you " " left ten fall out something .omethln omethln sotnething . . . " , " Mt hQr MtWinkle hQrWinkle Winkle aald said ' "The The "ThQ ThQ " " most mOlt Jmpottant important JmpottantparL importantpart , Importantpart parL part . , Tba The Alphabet . , , freddi Freddie F dUe ( * , . and andthe andWe andthe the We othera others othe . " . ID In a low lpw voice . , Jack said raid . , "I'IV "I I " Does Doesthe \'IV 'IV IV \ ' " tha the only one Ono " f . "It It " ' It was a moment before betore he couldask could couldask couldask ask about Mr MI . ' Tinker TlnJter Then bespQke haapgke he be ha spoke spQke apgke on1 only , . his hie hi . name"No name "No No " ' No "No " : ; , " ' ' Ja Jack k told him . , At ' least . , thought thOUlht Mr Ir Winkle Mr MrTinker MrTinker MrTinker Tinker had cot got hla hi * . Jap hIm.elt hImelt himself hIm.eltH himselfHe himsaltHe . He H . would always alway . cherish thlnldb thinklhg thinkingof thinklhgo . o of ! the . sight .Igbt Igbt of o Mr Tinker with hishand bi pia piaRands . hands Rands * around the Japanese officet ofilcaNt ofilcaNtthroat officerthroat officerthroat"That ' ' * . tbroa throat t . . I "ltiat's ltiats "That That " 'lbat lbat ' ' ' . * , why I 1 want to go o back ba back11Jack k.n kn k.ni k.nJack . , * " ' i Jack said"I'm Baid"I'm said Baid "I'm Im " ' goln going too . too , " Mr Winkle told toil him himMr Mr Winkle enjoyed , instead In.tead Intead frt/lead frt lead . / 01 of ofshying ofshying 01.hying .hying hying shying . from trom . . , eve every " . moment tnomeAt of hi bit bitreception binreception . reception when he arrived arr'ved arrved ' ! in n Spri 6prlntt Spring-villa Spring villa l + - vIDe vWe He Ho beamed at the huge buge crowdwaiting crowd crowdwaiting crowdwaiting waiting at t " the "the station Btatlon With .aU aU . satis eatis satisfaction . . faction taction be he saw and beard beatd the Amer Amet- Amet Ametlean American - ican lean scan Legion band bead which whlc6 had bad turnedout turned turnedout turnedout out for him Aim alone aloneI alonethi I , thi this thU . time He Ile Heread Ileread Heread read the banner banners * . and poster posters * . peo peQ- peQ peQpie people - . " ple pie carried He Ha admired the deco deco- dec0 decorations decorations - . rations , , one of which read unallham- unallham uaaaham unallhamedly unasham'ediy unashamediy ' - edly wily 'Our Our ' Our Hero Hcro HBro ! " There was wu Amy embracing h1Jn Alm h1Jnand Almand binand ) and murmuring brokenly , "WUbed WUbed "Wilbert Wilbert "WUbedWilbert "Wilbertwubert "WllbartWllbert WllbartWllbert "WllbartWllbert"Look " " " Wilbert wubert "Look Look " [ .ook ook . , , , " he lib b said Jftlght Right Itlgbt there be.tore betore be . ' fore all aU the people he lifted his hi * , arm armto armto armto to shoulder height , , , telling telUng Amy , That a 8 s as far as it will wUl go " Amy stared at him Aim , , embarrassed embarrecsed embarrecsedand embarrassedand and strlckepThe strlckep The crowd hushed . . ' ] It t s . good enough tor for holding 6olding holdingyou holdingyou you . , " Mr Winkia Winkle told his wife put put- puG putting puGflog putting - ting flog his bis 61s arm srm around herThe herThe her herTha Tha The crow crowdroared crowd roared Its lta apprbval apprbvel apprbvalwhlle apprbvelwhile apprbvalwhile whlle while Amy blushing b1ushing whispered whlapered to tohim tohim tohim him , , . Wllberf Wilbert , , you re chanced cbanged changed more moretban moreWan morethan tban Wan ever " . The Tbe Mayor stepped up and g.ve gve gpve g.veblro gpvebirp gavahim , . blro birp the key keys * to tp the t1t thR city db " . io n the tbe She . form Corm Cormof formof formof of a larga large wooden key painted palrtted pal , d goldand gold goldand goldand and festoonad festooned with ga gay , . ribbonsThen ribboDlThen ribbons ribboDl ribbonsThen Then cama came the most moat Important Importantpart importantpart Importantpart part of the ceremony the part thatmade that thatmade thatmade made Mr Iulr Winkle Wnkle [ mos most apprecia apprecla appreciative . tive five and brought a lump to bis hta htathroat bisthroat histhroat histhroatHis throat . . His Hies own commanding offlcar officer be being belog beIne ing log some distance away , , it had bad been |