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Then with deep-muttered curse and mighty heave he lifted out a huge buckskin sack, tied and placarded and marked. "ONE HUNDRED POUNDS!" he boomed. It seemed to Joan then that a band of devils surrounded the stage, all roaring at the huge, bristling demon above, who glared and bellowed down at them. Finally Gulden stilled the tumult, which, after all, was one of frenzied joy.
He tried to catch the little humped, frog-like shape over the sights. It was moving too fast; it was too small. Yet Venters shot once... twice... the third time... four times... five! all wasted shots and precious seconds! With a deep-muttered curse Venters caught Wrangle through the sights and pulled the trigger. Plainly he heard the bullet thud. Wrangle uttered a horrible strangling sound.
There is no doubt that Jane's family would have promptly swooned had it seen her. When she came down there was a sort of after-dinner peace reigning. The convalescent typhoid, having filled up on milk and beef soup, had floated off to sleep. "The Chocolate Soldier" had given way to deep-muttered imprecations from the singer's room. Jane made herself a cup of bouillon and drank it scalding.
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