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ocr>   wanting to be seen going into his Government of-fices
fix>   wanting to be seen going into his Government offices
in Tampa. But I got his address and jumped
my boat, slipped down Tampa Bay, and pulled
in at the long municipal pier at St. Petersburg."

"I first hired a dependable man to keep watch
over my ship while I was off hunting my superior
officer but I found him after a bit and he
was sure glad to see me, shook hands like a good
sport, and asked me a bunch of questions before
starting to tell me what important fresh news he
had picked up through his agents working the
spy game for all it was worth."

"Was he tickled to learn how we managed to
run off with that slick little sloop that carried so
neat a pack o' cases marked with foreign
stamps?"

"Seemed to be," came the ready answer. "He
ocr>   isn't a man of many words, you know, Perk but
fix>   isn't a man of many words, you know, Perk, but
what he says he means. He told me they were
banking on the pair of us to bring the high-hat
chaps at the head of this smuggler league to the
bar, with plenty of evidence that would convict
them, no matter how many big lawyers they employed
to beat the case."

"That sounds all to the good with me, old
ocr>   boss," snapped the pleased Perk. "'Taint often
fix>   hoss," snapped the pleased Perk. "'Taint often
we get half the praise that's comin' to us--not
that I care a whiff 'bout that, though--satisfied
to do my duty by Unc' Sam, an' let them high-

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