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to sink you if you died at sea. So mind your step,
Mister Pilot--jest been gettin' my hand in so far,
but what's comin' next'll be a whole lot different,
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fix>   bet your boots!"

The other did not show the white feather but
immediately set to work once more with his
weapon. No sooner was its chatter "on the air"
than Perk started giving his own gun a chance
to show its worth. This made it lively again and
once more those aggravating splinters began to
scatter, worrying Perk not a little, for strange
to say he dreaded lest one of them find lodgment
in his anatomy and this troubled him much more
than the possibility of being struck by a speeding
ocr>   bullet
fix>   bullet.

It was quite warm while it lasted, but presently
Perk realized that the opposition had suddenly
ceased. Being a polite man and always pleased
to meet his antagonist on even terms, Perk also
stopped firing. If Oscar had decided to advance
once more and try conclusions at close quarters
where it would be give and take, he, Perk, could
prove himself a most accommodating chap.

Sure enough the engine of the amphibian had
started up with increased vigor and Perk, cautiously
lifting his head, saw that the plane was
really in motion. But it was also veering to one
side, which action might mean either one of two
things--that the other had had quite enough of

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