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ocr>   _booze_ on our shores with his thumb to his nose
fix>   booze on our shores with his thumb to his nose
insofar as the Government is concerned, and
such capers as that, but it means heaps of trouble
for the revenue boys as well as holding our laws
up to contempt. He must be brought to book,
and his game stopped without any more delay
than is necessary, no matter how many other innocent
recreations he's engaged in."

ocr>   "Hot ziggettyl that gives me a warm feelin'
fix>   "Hot ziggetty! that gives me a warm feelin'
again, partner an' I guess we're the boys to knock
the underpinnin' loose so's to make him drop
with a splash." Saying which, Perk relapsed into
utter silence.

For some further time they stuck it out, watching
every little movement of the remarkable
character proceeding with his labor, not a hundred
feet distant. Jack himself began to grow a
bit nervous, for the sun was just hovering above
the western horizon and twilight does not last any
length of time in the South. If they delayed
much longer it would mean a walk in the dark
over that dangerous dimly marked trail.

They could have no further doubt concerning
the nature of the work that was giving the suspected
man so much genuine pleasure, he had
held up the object of his labor several times so
they could plainly identify it as a birdskin with
the most lovely rosy-tinted feathery plumage,
long legs and a spoon-shaped bill.

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