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'I will come out, said Oscar; for he thought it would be better to go to Kanker than to have Kanker come in to him. 'But you need not touch me; I can touch myself if I want to. Nevertheless, no sooner had he come out than Kanker took hold of him by the arm, and gripped it so hard with his big red hand that Oscar said, 'Let go, you hurt me!
"Well, out to Kanker's we'll go!" decided Ned. "And if anything has happened to Tom there well, we'll make whoever is responsible wish it hadn't!" "Bless my fountain pen, but that's what we will!" chimed in Mr. Damon. And so the two began the search for the missing youth. A Prisoner Amos Kanker came to the door of his farmhouse as Ned and Mr. Damon drove up in the runabout.
I know something about real estate values, for our bank makes loans on farms around here " "Your bank ain't made me no loans, young man!" snapped Mr. Kanker. "I don't need none. My place is free and clear! And three thousand dollars is the price of my barn you've knocked to smithereens. If you don't want to pay, I'll find a way to make you.
Kanker did not at first know that Oscar had escaped, for he had left something behind which resembled him, but was not really he. The next morning, when the sun peeped as usual into the crystal vase, neither Oscar nor Kanker were to be seen.
'She is my playmate and companion, Oscar said. 'She is dearer to me than anything else in the world, and nothing in the world is so lovely as she. 'And do you mean to say she lives in the water? Pray, how big is she? 'She is not so tall as your hand is long. 'No such creature ever existed, said Kanker, positively.
At last he looked up. It was evening, and a bitter wind was blowing outside; heavy clouds were driving across the sky, and rain was beating on the roof. Kanker was sitting in the middle of the room, with his chin upon his hands, staring at him. 'You had better go, Oscar said. 'What other harm do you want to do me?
'And, of course, if I prove that Theeda does not exist, you are to become my servant for the rest of your life? 'There is no danger in my promising that, said Oscar. 'Let it be so if you wish. 'Very well! said Kanker again; and then they both went to the vase. 'Where is she? asked Ranker. 'I don't see her.
"I think they wanted to get him out to the farm to see if they couldn't squeeze some more money out of him," was the answer. "Tom was pretty easy in that barn business, and I guess Kanker was sore because he haven't asked a larger sum. They knew Tom wouldn't come out on their own invitation, so they forged my name, so to speak." "Can you get Tom back?" asked Mrs. Baggert anxiously.
They proceeded back to where they had last had a trace of Tom in his machine, and there could only confirm what they had learned at first, namely, that the young inventor had departed in the direction of the Kanker farm, after having filled his radiator with water, and chatting with a farmer he knew.
'The world is not a lie, said Oscar, indignantly. 'And if you think it is, why do you search for truth? 'I have at all events found the only truth there is to be found and that is, that everything is a lie, replied Kanker. 'I have proved it a thousand times already, and every new question I ask proves it again. 'What makes your hands so big? Oscar could not help asking.
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