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Woods climbed up out of the sea, and said Billy was a fool and must go to college; and Peggy said that was impossible, as seventeen hundred and fifty thousand children had to be given an education apiece, and they couldn't spare one for Billy; and a missionary from Zambesi Land came out of one of the secret drawers and said Billy must give him both of his feet as he needed them for his working girls' classes; and thereupon the sharks poked their heads out of the water and began, in a deafening chorus, to cry, "Feet, feet, feet!" WOODS CLIMBED UP OUT OF THE SEA AND SAID BILLY WAS A FOOL AND MUST GO TO COLLEGE AND PEGGY SAID THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE AS SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND CHILDREN HAD TO BE GIVEN AN EDUCATION APIECE AND THEY COULDN'T SPARE ONE FOR BILLY AND A MISSIONARY FROM ZAMBEZI LAND CAME OUT OF ONE OF THE SECRET DRAWERS AND SAID BILLY MUST GIVE HIM BOTH HIS FEET AS HE NEEDED THEM FOR HIS WORKING GIRLS CLASSES AND THEREUPON THE SHARKS POKED THEIR HEADS OUT OF THE WATER AND BEGAN IN A DEAFENING COURSE TO CRY FEET FEET FEET
e said and did--confess, dear lady, wouldn't Antony have taken to his heels and have fled from such a monster? XIV I regret to admit that Mr. Woods did not toss feverishly about his bed all through the silent watches of the night. He was very miserable, but he was also twenty-six. That is an age when the blind bow-god deals no fatal wounds. It is an age to suffer poignantly, if you will; an age wherein to aspire to the dearest woman on earth, to write her halting verses, to lose her, to affect the _clichés_ of cynicism, to hear the chimes at midnight--and after it all, to sleep like a top. So Billy slept. And kind Hypnos loosed a dream through the gates of ivory that lifted him to a delectable land where Peggy was nineteen, and had never heard of Kennaston, and was unbelievably sweet and dear and beautiful. But presently they and the Colonel put forth to sea--on a great carved writing-desk--fishing for sharks, which the Colonel said were very plentiful in those waters; and Frederick R. RFECTLY SENSIBLE IN ALL SHE SAID AND DID CONFESS DEAR LADY WOULDN'T ANTONY HAVE TAKEN TO HIS HEELS AND FLED FROM SUCH A MONSTER FOURTEEN I REGRET TO ADMIT THAT MISTER WOODS DID NOT TOSS FEVERISHLY ABOUT HIS BED ALL THROUGH THE SILENT WATCHES OF THE NIGHT HE WAS VERY MISERABLE BUT HE WAS ALSO TWENTY SIX THAT IS AN AGE WHEN THE BLIND BEAU GOD DEALS NO FATAL WINDS IT IS AN AGE TO SUFFER POIGNANTLY IF YOU WILL AN AGE WHEREIN TO ASPIRE TO THE DEAREST WOMAN ON EARTH TO WRITE HER HALTING VERSES TO LOSE HER TO AFFECT THE CLICHES OF CYNICISM TO HEAR THE CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT AND AFTER IT ALL TO SLEEP LIKE A TOP SO BILLY SLEPT AND KIND HYPNOS LOOSED A DREAM THROUGH THE GATES OF IVORY THAT LIFTED HIM TO A DELECTABLE LAND WHERE PEGGY WAS NINETEEN AND HAD NEVER HEARD OF CANNASTON AND WAS UNBELIEVABLY SWEET AND DEAR AND BEAUTIFUL BUT PRESENTLY THEY AND THE COLONEL PUT FORTH TO SEA ON A GREAT CARVED WRITING DESK FISHING FOR SHARKS WHICH THE COLONEL SAID WERE VERY PLENTIFUL IN THOSE WATERS AND FREDERIC R
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