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And Billy then woke with a start, and found it was only the birds chattering in the dawn outside. AND BILLY THEN WOKE WITH A START AND FOUND IT WAS ONLY THE BIRDS CHATTERING IN THE DAWN OUTSIDE
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. 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! T 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 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
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