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ocr>   the bounce--was a bit o' a sharper, an' Enew
fix>   the bounce--was a bit o' a sharper, an' knew
beans in the bargain from the way them black
eyes o' his'n kept watchin' us all the time we
ocr>   asked questions, just like we'd heard people say-in'
fix>   asked questions, just like we'd heard people sayin'
queer things concernin' how easy it was to
grab any quantity o' bottled stuff if on'y you had
the ready cash, an' a good eye for winkin'."

"We may know more about Alexis before
we're through with this trip," was all Jack would
say concerning the matter. "On my part I'm
shaking hands with myself because we were
smart enough to camouflage our ship with green
stuff for that pilot passed over and could have
glimpsed our crate lying half hidden here, and
through his glasses--which I understand they
all carry--made out how it didn't match up with
any of the aircraft they use in their business."

"Thanks to you, partner," Perk hastened to
confess. "If it all depended on my poor head I
kinder guess I'd a'slipped up right then an' there
an' give the hull scheme away which would
ocr>   a'been a danged shame, an* busted the game
fix>   a'been a danged shame, an' busted the game
higher'n a kite."

"We make a pretty good team, matey," said
Jack. "Sometimes it's you that goes loco, and
threatens to step off your base, and then another
time I feel myself side-slipping and have to lean
ocr>   pn you to hold my own. That's j^t how it should
fix>   on you to hold my own. That's just how it should

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