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If Perk had been so eagerly praying for something
to breeze along that would give him the
thrill he loved so well, his wish seemed well on
the road of being realized since everything was
set for a dramatic discovery with its attendant
speedy action.

It was apparent that after all the man could
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ducked so swiftly, for he continued to advance in
the direction of the well and Perk could hear
him softly singing, just as though he might be a
"musical cuss," as Perk told himself with one
of his customary chuckles since his first stab of
alarm had passed off under the realization that
they had another chance.

Jack, too, was telling himself what a peculiar
state of affairs had come upon the stage--here,
with an ambush lying in wait before him, this
man could step blithely along, swinging his
aluminum bucket and softly warbling one of the
most recent hits from a comic opera--Jack had
himself heard the song on the boards of a great
metropolitan theatre in New York--had even
caught himself whistling the catchy air more
than a few times since.

The man who seemed to be so well pleased
with his fortunes while basking in the favor of
the wealthy chief of smugglers had a little surprise
waiting for him at the end of his rainbow

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