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I Nobody f hail bad seen sorn him hint Hints Hint's what made the HIP case I t you ou III so sit luau bad jou u were the stranger r who had hlll been noticed no t Iced I In n I lie Ihl neighborhood t He's Hes I cs c's been under rover down here ns os n a guard atI nt ot I HIP ii p 1 Jamison ii ml nn coo country Iii ry place cc The rIte I Hy a y fur for to In killed the wn was you got gil cracking put while was n down nt at the limit hotel ti I talking a I nig wit with hi some friends There wouldn't have ha hem been anything more o II It II ns os soon Ion o ns as tine the Washington police got t your fingerprints anul checked up your record It 11 would ht have I s' s been n I the he sa same nit on I that hat hatI I trunk deal HI lUg Friday that Ihal that wn was hf his mi room tot would iii Dimply ha hive harp e called oil cal I ed 11 for fr two t porters and hail had the trunk taken downstairs and fastened on nn the tho carrier ear car lIr- lIr tier rier of his Ids ear car Then nt at time the first good spot out of nf the trunk for you Into n ft river rl The 1111 police pollee wouldn't hn have lotte O wasted much flinch time on n II floater after It hind bad turned out to 10 be hue nothing hut hunt a 0 dead cl New W York jork gangster Well rth lIe Pele reached for n II cigarette How V you jou ou toilIng feeling Look n II lot Int better I lit lie Ic grinned nm a as Joe lorry Harry staggered to tobis bis uk feet fett All 11 right lb fo nn over write It Ill I'll ring for n a boy hoy Guess S St t tie hI lit little gals gal's been lon pretty retty anxious A cotton moon mOlln hun hung low over o the thA tents of or the Ihl circus outlining the serrated middle pieces In silvered or ares and anul time the expanse of ot thi Ihl he- he hebig big luIg top Into II H mushroom ii of shimmering velvet From far fair away where colored a lanterns II t Irn gleamed anal gasoline Hares flares sent up lip upI I their r wen vet w vI vine ng smoke t lilt lie concessionaires concession aires cried their wares of chicken catfish at oln h along n a olinI line of snack rk stands that ro ran n for nearly hn half If a n mile mill Th The menagerIe tent was n ns down and the tho canvas ns nn a III uteri men ell unlacing rig t Ihl hi r ni middle I Ic I the he engagement 0 nt at t t the hI hIOM neo Waco fair air was mis one The Thit elephants pad pad- ling dIng softly ly III In Ih time t thick hick hiNt dust III I. 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