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CHAPTER XXVIII

THE COMEBACK

It was more or less fun for Perk to keep up
that bombardment as long as he had any ammunition
left--the heavy thumps on the roof continued
to follow each other, like blasts in a
quarry or an admiral's salute when the "old
man" took a notion to come aboard.

So, too, would each concussion be followed by
a spurt of gunfire from behind the closed door
of the shack showing that Oswald was alive to
the situation and must be enjoying his share in
the strange engagement quite as much as the fun-loving
Perk did his part.

If the little rock pile held out and there were
enough ammunition belts for the machine-gun
handy, the chances were that the roof of the
bungalow would assume the nature of a sieve and
leak when the next heavy rain storm set in.

Perk was fully aroused now, and awake to his
part of the bombardment--his mind began to
figure just what other means lay within his reach
to continue engaging the attention of the rat in
the trap after the last rock had been fired.

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