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Up the Hill and Over

CHAPTER III
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But they're not the only oysters in the soup--There's the bell! They never give a man a minute's peace.

Say, if you don't really like that pie, don't waste it--see?
Tell you about boarding-houses later." Callandar had to clear the table himself.

This he did by the simple expedient of putting everything on top of everything else.

But he did not waste anything, a precaution whose value he realised that night upon returning from the dining room where he had spent some time in looking at that repast known to the Imperial as supper.

Bubble, the bell boy, found him with his mind made up.
"Boy," he said, "you have saved my life.


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