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In the momentary rest the beggar had recovered strength enough to reply: "It is t-t-true. I am on the threshold of another world! I didn't use to b-b-believe there was one, but I do now. There must be! Would it b-b-be right for such d-d-devils as the one that wrecked my life to g-g-go unpunished? Not if I know anything!
"And b-b-believe me!" exclaimed Toby, with a violent effort, "he's going to carry the scratches I g-g-gave him on his f-f-face for a w-w-while. If I'd known that he was Roland's c-c-cousin I'd have dug a h-h-heap d-d-deeper, too!"
"You b-b-better b-b-believe we do, Max," was Toby's immediate explosion. "Don't hold back a thing," observed Steve; "because we're all dyed-in-the- wool chums; and what concerns one concerns all." "Cough it up, Max. We're holding our breath, you understand, wanting to know. And none of us come from Missouri, either," Bandy-legs observed, eagerly.
"R-r-reckon I know," grumbled Toby, as stubborn as he could be; "and I'll b-b-believe it till you p-p-prove the other way." So, of course, Bandy-legs, feeling that he had been challenged, sprung to his feet. "I'll do it, then, just to show you!" he exclaimed, as he made for the opening of the tent. A minute later they heard him grumbling and growling within.
"Lucky we played that fine trick," the former declared, "and started on our up-river voyage before daybreak, while Ted Shafter, Amiel Toots, Shack Beggs, and the rest of the gang were tucked away in their little trundle beds fast asleep." "S-s-say, don't you b-b-believe there was a high j-j-jinks of a time to-day when Ted f-f-found we'd slipped away, and nobody knew where?"
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