Take it back to the office and see if the holes in it have spoiled its usefulness to any extent." The lieutenant, very red in the face, departed, bearing his precious plan.

Jed heaved a sigh of relief.
"There!" he exclaimed, "now I presume likely I can attend to my chowder." "The important things of life, eh ?" queried Major Grover.
"Um-hm.

I don't know's there's anything much more important than eatin'.

It's a kind of expensive habit, but an awful hard one to swear off of.

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