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ing many parts if he's half as good an actor as I
suspect. But we'll be apt to know a heap more
before a great while slips by."

"There he goes, Jack, swingin' off toward the
east in the bargain, but then it's just as easy for
a flier to strike across the lower end o' Florida,
if the notion strikes him, day or night. Crates
are gettin' to be a common sight these days down
here. I read they expected to have a full hundred
at Miami this very winter, takin' part in a
big air derby that's scheduled to be pulled off."

They watched the other two men walk back
and enter the coquina bungalow and a little later
Jack was saying:

"Strikes me we'd better pull up stakes and
clear out of this, Perk, don't forget we've got to
pass that rattlesnake cove on the way back, and
for one, I'm not so keen about doing it in pitch
darkness."

"Don't get me goofy, partner," whimpered
Perk with a shudder. "But hold on a bit--mebbe
now somethin's a'goin' to strike up we'll both
ocr>   be sorter glad to set eyes on--: looky there, old
fix>   be sorter glad to set eyes on--looky there, old
hoss, what do you see?"

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