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Kilo

CHAPTER VIII
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There ain't nothin' a lawyer needs more than to be popular, and there ain't no way to git popular quicker than by doin' little favors, an' he ought to be glad to do a favor for you, for you're almost an orphan.

Your ma's dead, an' Pap Briggs ain't overly strong, an' you're liable to be an orphan almost any minute.

I can tell by the looks of Attorney Toole,' I says, 'that he's got a good heart, and if you say the word I'll ask him what he says to do about that box.' She seemed sort of put out at what I'd said about orphans, but I seen she was willing to have me ask you about that box, and I seen it would be doin' you a favor, too, to tell you about it, so you could sort of exercise your mind on it, so I jest dropped up----" "Colonel," said Toole, "this is a very serious case." He put his hand over his mouth to hide the smile he could not prevent from coming to his lips.
"You don't mean to tell me!" exclaimed the Colonel.

"I was afraid there might be somethin' wrong about it somewheres.

But I ain't goin' to go to no expense about it.


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