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We might have stood there by the music-box all day and wished to hear it play; we might have asked it ever so earnestly to play for us; but until the nickel was dropped into the slot, there could be no music. Now, God has a joy-machine, and it works on the plan of the slot-machines. You can see its picture almost anywhere in the Bible.
The women crocheted and wondered what the next house doctor would be like, and the men gambled at the slot-machines and played billiards and grumbled at the food and the management, and when they weren't drinking spring water they were in the bar washing away the taste of it. They took twenty minutes on the verandas every day for exercise and kept the house temperature at eighty.
These things they sensed vaguely, but they were too occupied with each other to ascertain details. "What was the name of that place again?" asked Freddie. "The what-ho-something?" "The Automat?" "That's the little chap! We'll go there, shall we?" "The food's quite good. You go and help yourself out of slot-machines, you know." "My favorite indoor sport!" said Freddie with enthusiasm. "Hullo!
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