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sign of the recent rough-house disagreement that
tickled him more or less.

"We sure broke in on a sweet little party all
right, Jack," he observed, at one time with a
ocr>   chuckle, "see, here's a broken bottle that _I_ guess
fix>   chuckle, "see, here's a broken bottle that I guess
must a' been smashed on some poor guy's bean
and from the blood spots hereabout he had a
plenty, but still he managed to skip out when the
ocr>   grand march started. An' looky what I found-a
fix>   grand march started. An' looky what I found--a
coat that's tore into shreds. Gee whiz! but
that was some hot tamale scrap, believe me. I'd
give somethin' for a chance to look in on the
round."

Jack was apparently puzzling his own head
over something that did not hit him as so very
humorous.

"Yes," he told Perk, with a grimace, "we've
ocr>   made a bully apture all right, partner, but when
fix>   made a bully capture all right, partner, but when
ocr>   you come to think twise it may be we've got a
fix>   you come to think twice it may be we've got a
white elephant on our hands after all."

ocr>   "Huh! what dye mean by sayin' that, old pal?"
fix>   "Huh! what d'ye mean by sayin' that, old pal?"
questioned the other, who apparently saw
nothing in the affair calculated to create any
tendency toward dismay in his mind. "You got
me in a tail spin, partner--lift the lid, won't you,
an' gimme a look in?"

ocr>   "Weil, we've got the rumboat okay, haven't
fix>   "Well, we've got the rumboat okay, haven't
ocr>   we?"demanded Jack.
fix>   we?" demanded Jack.

"Looks thataways, I guess," Perk admitted.

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