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The sonarscope with its tiny viewing screen was strapped to his left forearm. Another small unit was fastened to the inside of his wrist, with four plungers in finger-tip reach. "What in tarnation's that?" Chow asked. "Simplified controls," Tom explained.
Hiram ponders this profoundly, finally delivering himself of an opinion which he has never forsaken. "I claim he's a s'picious character." "Don't look to me as though he knew 'nough to be much of anythin'." "Wal, now, if he's a real student an' they ain't no outs 'bout him, what in tarnation's he doin' here? Thet's jest what I'd like to have somebody tell me, Watty."
They recollect the history of that short period in which they have been ornaments of the world by the names of winning horses. As political men talk about 'the Reform year, 'the year the Whigs went out, and so forth, these young sporting bucks speak of TARNATION'S year, or OPODELDOC'S year, or the year when CATAWAMPUS ran second for the Chester Cup.
One of the unmounted searchers carried a lantern. They were Tom Walsh, -on Keno, -Jack Durham, and Tom Sherwood. "What in 'tarnation's the trouble, lad?" demanded Tom, as soon as the searching party had exchanged greetings with Ralph, fervently overjoyed to see them. "We've been looking for you ever since three o'clock this afternoon." Ralph explained the object of his quest.
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