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"Cut that out!" Wally snapped at me. I jumped a foot. I _had_ tried to miss it. With a sickening realization of doom, I called the next four right. GOT THAT OUT WALLY SNAPPED AT ME I JUMPED AFOOT I HAD TRIED TO MISS IT WITH A SICKENING REALIZATION OF DOOM I CALLED THE NEXT FOUR RIGHT
hrugged. "Why not?" "Is it gambling?" She smiled faintly, her first sign of relaxation. "Hardly," she said. "Then you don't mind if I win?" She found a laugh this time. "You can _try_," she corrected me. "This could be our nest egg," I said. [Illustration] She blushed. "If that's a proposal," she said tartly. "The answer is 'no.'" "I'll talk to you later," I growled. "When I'm richer!" I looked at the back of the card on the desk. Wally was leaning back in his swivel chair and wasn't within four feet of the pasteboards. If there was any hanky-panky, I couldn't see how he planned to work it. "Heart," I said. "Why don't you turn it over, Dr. King?" Wally suggested. "Remove any possible chance of manipulation." It was the two of hearts that Shari turned over. I was a thousand dollars richer. I won the next. And the next. My stomach tightened up. Every thousand dollars drove another nail into my coffin--went that much farther to prove I was a snake. Well, I wasn't! I missed the fourth one. AYBE YOU CAN WIN I'LL SET ONE MINUTE I DEMANDED SHERRY IS THIS A FAIR TEST SHE SHRUGGED WHY NOT IS IT GAMBLING SHE SMILED FAINTLY HER FIRST SIGN OF RELAXATION HARDLY SHE SAID THEN YOU DON'T MIND IF I WIN SHE FOUND A LAUGH THIS TIME YOU CAN TRY SHE CORRECTED ME THIS COULD BE OUR NEST EGG I SAID SHE BLUSHED IF THAT'S A PROPOSAL SHE SAID TARTLY THE ANSWER IS NO I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER I GROWLED WHEN I'M RICHER I LOOKED AT THE BACK OF THE CARD ON THE DESK WALLEY WAS LEANING BACK IN HIS SWIVEL CHAIR AND WASN'T WITHIN FOUR FEET OF THE PASTEBOARDS IF THERE WAS ANY HANKEY PANKY I COULDN'T SEE HOW HE PLANNED TO WORK IT HART I SAID WHY DON'T YOU TURN IT OVER DOCTOR KING WALLY SUGGESTED REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE CHANCE OF MANIPULATION IT WAS THE TWO OF HEARTS THAT SHERRY TURNED OVER I WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS RICHER I WON THE NEXT AND THE NEXT MY STOMACH TIGHTENED UP EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS DROVE ANOTHER NAIL INTO MY COFFIN WENT THAT MUCH FARTHER TO PROVE I WAS A SNAKE WELL I WASN'T I MISSED THE FOURTH ONE
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