[Pee-wee Harris by Percy Keese Fitzhugh]@TWC D-Link bookPee-wee Harris CHAPTER X 2/8
Over the hill to the poorhouse.
Ever hear that song? What's that you've got there, a soldier? Watcher doing with him? Lucky kid, I'd like to be a soldier." "What were you, a slacker ?" Pee-wee shouted. This was not the kind of retort that Deadwood Gamely was accustomed to hearing and he gave a quick look at the small stranger in khaki who sat behind the counter like a judge on the bench staring straight at him. "Don't get him riled," Pepsy whispered.
"He likes to get me riled so's just to make me feel silly; it's--it's Deadwood Gamely.
He's always togged out swell like that," she added fearfully. "The only thing that's swell about him is his head," said Pee-wee in his loudest voice.
"Don't you be scared of him, I'm here." "What's that ?" said the young man in a tone intended to be darkly menacing. "You'd better put your hat on the top of your head or it'll blow off," said Pee-wee.
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