12/25 It wasn't a hard thing to do; just took a little care and some digging. Now he runs the oil in, pumps it out and sells it back to them. He's a regular subsidiary of the great and only Atlantic Petroleum Company. It can't last long, of course, but--oh, what a well to hand Nelson! What a laugh it would have been!" "Outrageous!" Gray exclaimed. "I can't believe you are in earnest." "It _is_ shocking, isn't it? |