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It's mostly new hands passin' their stuff on. Skert reckons we got a whole heap of the Skandinavia 'throw-outs, around here now. That don't say Skandinavia's workin' monkey tricks. Though they might be. You see, this sort of dope's been talked most everywhere, except on Labrador, years now. I guess we need to go through the bunch with a louse comb. But maybe the mischief's done.
An oil-begrimed wiper crawled from under the 1031, spat at the dope-bucket and flung his bunch of waste therein. "Gur-r-r! Let 'em stop," he rasped. "The dope's bad, and the waste's bad; and the old man has cut out the 'lectrics and put us back on them," kicking a small jacket lamp to the bottom of an empty stall. "Give 's a chaw o' yer smokin' plug, Mr. Callahan," and he held out his hand.
And a moment later he rocked back on his haunches with a little exultant yelp. "'Dope's wrong, Governor, he said; 'he was sure comin' this way. Then he explained: 'If a man's walkin' forward in sand or mud or snow the toe of his shoe flirts out a little of it, an' if he's walkin' backward his heel flirts it out. "At this point I began to have some respect for the creature's ability.
"We used to use alum in the old days," the man went on. "I guess the new dope's better, though I never tried it." "Are you in the business?" asked Joe. "Well, I er I used to be," and the man straightened himself up with an air of forgotten pride. "I was with a circus once used to do a fire-eating act and jump into a fake bonfire. I doped my clothes with alum water though.
"Now, Professor, I said, 'this dope's got to be straight stuff, I'm risking money on it; every word you write has got to be the truth, and every line and figure that you put on your map has got to be correct with a capital K." "'Surely, he said, 'I shall follow Huxley for the text and I shall check the chart calculations for error. "'And there's another thing, professor.
He smacked his heavy, appreciative lips, and fondly contemplated the label on the bottle. But he was not really reading it. "Your trade in the dope's growing," he said, his fat fingers fondling the glass bottle neck as though he were loth to release it. "Nearly fifty thousand dollars. That's your credit for a year's trade. It's the biggest in fourteen years.
I've saw some mighty real dreams in my time. In a dream all things is possible. In real life a system ain't possible. Now, I ain't never been to college, but I'm plum justified in sizin' up this gamblin' orgy of ourn as a sure-enough dream." "Hamilton's 'Law of Parsimony," Smoke laughed. "I ain't never heard of the geezer, but his dope's sure right.
I've saw some mighty real dreams in my time. In a dream all things is possible. In real life a system ain't possible. Now, I ain't never ben to college, but I'm plum justified in sizin' up this gamblin' orgy of ourn as a sure enough dream." "Hamilton's 'Law of Parsimony," Smoke laughed. "I ain't never heard of the geezer, but his dope's sure right.
And a moment later he rocked back on his haunches with a little exultant yelp. "'Dope's wrong, Governor, he said; 'he was sure comin' this way. Then he explained: 'If a man's walkin' forward in sand or mud or snow the toe of his shoe flirts out a little of it, an' if he's walkin' backward his heel flirts it out. "At this point I began to have some respect for the creature's ability.
"The only thing, he's a little too anxious to buy the collection, for somebody who's just skimmed off the cream." "Ten thousand dollars isn't much in the way of anxiety," Cabot said. "I'd call that a nominal bid, to avoid suspicion." "The dope's changed a little on that." Rand brought him up to date. "Rivers's offer is now twenty-five thousand."
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