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The Depot Master

CHAPTER VII
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You won't?
Then I'll come after you.' "Nate says he never shall forget Augustus's face in the blue light when he see his uncle climbin' out on that stage after him.

He was simply desperate--that's it, desperate.

And the next thing he did was jump into the saddle of the machine and pull the startin' lever.
"There was the buzz of the electric motor, a slippery, slidin' sound, one awful hair-raisin' whoop from Augustus, and then--'F-s-s-s-t!'-- down the flyin' stage whizzed that aeroplane and out through the doors.
"Nate set down on the trestles and waited for the sound of the smash.
I guess he actually felt conscience stricken.

Of course, he'd only done his duty, and yet-- "But no smash came.

Instead, there was a long scream from the kitchen--Olivia's voice that was.


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