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<G’ ’way f’om dah, an’ quit you’ foolin’,”came in a large voice from within. The guide grinned, and rapped again. Therewas a sound of shuffling feet and the pushingback of a chair, and then the same voice saying :“T bet Ill mek you git away f’om dat do’.” “ Dat’s A’nt Ca’line,” the guide said, andlaughed. The door was flung back as quickly as itsworn hinges and sagging bottom would allow,and a large body surmounted by a face like abig round full moon presented itself in theopening. A broomstick showed itself ag-gressively in one fat shiny hand. “It’s you, Tom Scott, is it — you trif nin’? —’and then, catching sight of the stranger, her wholemanner changed, and she dropped the broomstickwith an embarrassed ‘“* ’Scuse me, suh.” 34 >
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