[A Busy Year at the Old Squire’s by Charles Asbury Stephens]@TWC D-Link bookA Busy Year at the Old Squire’s CHAPTER XXV 16/18
"I don't even know where it is.
I'm from over in Vermont--Bellows Falls." "But--but--you do look pretty savage!" stammered Willis in much astonishment. "You bet!" said the Wild Man.
"Ain't this a dandy rig? It gets 'em, too. But don't give me away; I get a good living out of this." Just then a group of spectators came crowding forward, and the Wild Man let out a howl that brought them to an appalled halt.
The keepers brandished their axes. "Well, did you ever ?" Willis muttered as we moved on.
"Doesn't that beat everything ?" The Fat Lady was ponderously unwinding the coils of the boa constrictor from round her neck as we paused in front of her cage, but presently she recognized us and smiled.
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