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The Mollycoddle 1
FOREWORD Our thanks are gratefully expressed to
government officials, tribal chiefs, and to the hundreds of picturesque Hopi Indians on their reservation near the Painted Desert of Arizona, who, in their savage way heartily welcomed us to their prehis- toric villages and with primitive cheerfulness played an important part in this picture.
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A mollycoddle is a body
of man entirely surrounded by super-civilization.
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CIVILIZATION ---- is
the primitive plus refine- ment and adornment ---- caviar - olives - after dinner speeches - and racing through fields of beauty at a hundred miles an hour.
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Take for instance, the crude
dwellings of the primitive Indians built ages ago on the rock mesas of Arizona -
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Then look at the play-
ground of the civilized world - also built upon a rock mesa - Monte Carlo.
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Fundamentally they are
the same - just rock.
One is highly polished -
that's all.
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For many generations back
the RICHARD MARSHALLS have been found in the vanguard of civilization - God-fearing, hell-bustin', fighting adventurers and two-fisted pioneers.
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There was the Richard
Marshall of 1853 ------ a leather-necked, shag- gutted buckaroo, gamely waging an uneven battle near a coveted water hole - such as Remington knew.
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"If you get back - give this
- my son. Tell him Washing- ton - George Washington - gave it - my grandfather - for - bravery."
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In 1880 another Richard
Marshall put the fear of God into the heart of many an evil-doer along the frontier.
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Riding into a strange bor-
der town from the desert's blackness the chivalrous Marshall hears of a wronged girl in distress.
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"Belly the bar, you
buckaroos - and drink their luck."
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What forefathers! Fearless
fighters - the patriot of 1779 - the adventurer of 1853 ---- the chivalrous Marshall of 1880. We now come to Marshall the fifth ----
14 -- at Monte Carlo where ----
15 Italians ----
16 Russians ----
17 French ----
18 English ----
19 Americans ----
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and even the winds play.
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One touch of hat-
chase makes the whole world kin.
22 "Thanks awfully."
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"Always glad to help
an Englishman."
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"Don't be silly!
I'm an American!"
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"Really! Well, this is the
Fourth of July ---- we should all know each other. I'm Mrs. Warren ---- and this is my daughter, Molly."
26 "Americans?"
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"Yes ---- we are all
Americans. This is Mr. Patrick O'Flannigan."
28 "Mr. Ole Olsen."
29 "Mr. Samuel Levinski."
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"Mr. Van Holkar, host
to our yachting party."
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"Are you an
American, too?"
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"I've taken out
my first papers"
33 "Miss Virginia Hale."
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"What part of Amer-
ica are you from, Mr. Marshall?"
35 "I was born in Arizona."
36 "Are you kidding?"
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"Oh, they mean spoof-
ing, eh! No, really, all my people were cow persons in Arizona."
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"My father made pots
of money and brought me over when I was four. He died and I - I've just stayed on."
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"And you have
never even been back to New York!"
40 "I hear it's fearfully rough."
41 "Do all foreigners ----"
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"---- American
foreigners, I mean, - think that?"
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"Nobody would
ever take you for an American."
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"Really ---- that is
a mess, isn't it! I've always been proud of being an American."
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"Don't think me
rude, but that's not American."
46 "They roll their own ----"
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"Do you have to
wear that?"
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"I suppose it's just
sort of a habit."
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"That fellow is contrary
to the Constitution of the United States. Something ought to be done about it!"
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"Our tour with
Mr. Van Holkar will take us to Arizona. Wouldn't you enjoy going back?"
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"Oh, that would be
ripping. Who is this Van Holkar?"
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"We met him
in Amsterdam."
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To the American party
Van Holkar is a charming host but in reality he is a blackguard and one of the greatest diamond smugglers the world has ever known.
54 In Arizona -
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Renegade Indians secretly
work a diamond mine for Van Holkar --
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Rough diamonds
stolen from the Indian reservation are taken abroad to be cut by experts -
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Van Holkar averts
suspicion through his lavish entertainment and association with prominent tourists -
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Van Holkar honors
Virginia with a farewell dinner before sailing.
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"We have in our midst an
American who has strayed from the fold. He should be led back. I appeal to our host to include him in our party."
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"I guess we can make
room for one more."
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"You'll never want
to come back after you've sat aboard a bronc in Arizona and shot a few Indians."
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"I shall have to with-
draw that invitation. This young man does not fit in our party ---- besides, my yacht is already crowded."
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"He will be dis-
appointed. Perhaps I can tell him with- out hurting him."
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"Sorry to interfere
with your plans, but I can't take Marshall along."
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"You know, seeing
you and all that - I - I did want to go back home! But - it's quite all right."
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"Won't you keep
this ---- the spoil of your conquest?"
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"We're sailing
at midnight."
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For the first time
in his life Marshall felt the glorious thrill and tingle ---- the soul music that goes with the words "back home!"
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Van Holkar's room
in the Hotel Riviera - near the yacht wharf.
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"We must get away
quickly. A Secret Serv- ice rat is on our trail - and had the nerve to try and join our party."
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"I'm sorry he didn't
come along. I liked him. I think he had the makings of a man."
72 "Bah! That mollycoddle."
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"We have a surprise
for you - we're going to feed it now."
74 "Blug - blur - glug - bla!"
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"What are you
doing here?"
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"That's what I
want to know."
77 "How did you get here?"
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"That's what I
want to know."
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"We shanghaied Marshall
- and we've got him below in a basket."
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"Bound and gagged,
eh? That's a pretty smart trick."
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"If that half-baked
American is the Secret Service agent, he will get what he least expects. For the time being throw him in the stokehole."
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"What is the
surprise - a dog?
83 "No - it's just a little puppy."
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Words cannot
describe the heat, the roll, the filth - the awful mess of a ship's stokehole.
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"Lookin' for the
stowaway? The chief gave him a nice job - stokin'."
86 "Use this, you saphead."
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"Wait, Molly. Work
won't hurt him ---- it will help make a man of him."
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"Get our man in
Amsterdam. Have him send a complete description of the Secret Service agent."
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"Don't say I told
you, but that funny Mr. Marshall is on board - shoveling coal."
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"What you need is
a chew of tobacco."
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"Hey, buddie,
try a lemon."
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"You poor boy! I feel
so sorry for you."
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"Oh, splendid! I
didn't know this was your yachting party."
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"This is outrageous!
I shall see that Mr. Van Holkar takes you out of here at once!"
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"I think it is a shame
to treat anyone like that. Besides, he's a gentleman and not used to it."
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"Your slightest wish
is a command aboard this boat."
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"Release that young
man. Tell him he is our guest ---- until we land at Galveston."
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Rescued from the stoke-
hole, Marshall comes forth a different man -
Suit by O'Flannigan -
Cap by Olson -
Shoes by Levinski -
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"You Johnnies
are great spoofers! I rather like it ----"
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During the voyage
Marshall was puzzled by the objections of his fellow Americans to his little mannerisms -
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He didn't mind the
others, but Virginia - well, he rather wanted to be just what Virginia wanted him to be.
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"Unless you call polo
or sports work ---- that chucking coal is the first job I ever had."
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"Well, I'm afraid
Arizona will either kill or cure you."
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"Righto! But dead or
alive I shall jolly well be near you."
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"I think you are
a corker-jack!"
106 All for a girl ----
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Under the cloak of night
the smuggler's craft silently steals toward the dim lights
of Galveston.
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With the smuggler
called to the wireless a last and desperate chance is taken by the Secret Service agent.
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"I - I can't explain
this - now! But you must believe me, it's - it's all right!"
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Why, it's none
of my bally busi- ness. Er - isn't this a wonderful night?"
111 "You must not tell ----"
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"Really, you hurt
my feelings. Shall we go for a walk?"
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"It's wonderful to
be going back home - that is, I mean to say - with you."
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"That sneaking pup
has rifled my papers! Go get him!"
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"Where's the paper you
took from that cabinet?"
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"You're a fine specimen
of a Secret Service spy."
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"If I'm a Secret Service
agent, you must jolly well be a crook."
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"Do you know what
we do with Secret Serv- ice rats on board this ship? We drown them!"
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"Throw him in there.
We'll drop him over- board at midnight."
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"That's all right. Drown
me - but don't slap me."
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"Post a guard outside
his door and get some weights. See that you don't bungle the job."
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"Don't you think you are
going a bit too far?"
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"I'm sorry, but the
immigration officials insist that Marshall be sent back - it's the law of the sea for stowaways, you know."
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"This is serious ----
Mr. Marshall must not be deported! You got him this far - don't be quitters now."
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Van Holkar allows
Marshall to join the boys in a farewell drink - but keeps a careful watch.
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"Full of information,
eh? A lot of good it will do you at the bottom of the sea."
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"The shore is an easy
swim now. Good luck, old man!"
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"I'll look after the
chest. You attend to that business with Marshall."
129 "Cheerio! I'm off - pip, pip!"
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An extraordinary
thing! The molly- coddle is caught in Van Holkar's net.
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Morning ---- while
the fishing schooner ties up to her dock.
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Van Holkar's fish
house - another vital cog in his gigantic smuggling machine.
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"The boss is tak-
ing another pippin on a joy party to the Painted Desert."
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"He certainly runs
awful chances ---- tak- ing anyone near the Haunted diamond Canyon."
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"This is going to be
bad for all of us!"
136 "No fish to-day."
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"Where will I find a
barber - and a railway to Arizona?"
138 In Arizona ---- on the rim of the Painted Desert.
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"So you're Dick Marshall's
boy, eh?"
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"I wonder if he is
anything like his dad."
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The primitive prairie
schooner, civilized, becomes the "Desert Yacht" in which Van Holkar carries his guests to northern Arizona.
142 A western breeze, born on the snow-capped tips of the Apache range - flavored with the pines and warmed by the desert's purple sage - swept straight to the heart of young Marshall - and the blood of his forefathers seemed to respond.
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Ugh - big chief - ah-h-h -
umm-m-m - oh-h-h - clothes - umm-m-m - oh-h-h - ah-h-h - how much - ung?
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"What the hell you
talking about?"
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"Are you one
of those educated Carlisle Johnnies?"
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"I've heard the primi-
tive Indians in the village talk of a haunted canyon. They can direct you - but won't go with you."
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The crafty Van Holkar
keeps in touch with the outside world by wireless.
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"Tell Yellow Horse
to set a guard at the mine and ride over here at once."
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Yellow Horse, a
college Indian gone wrong, in charge of the diamond mine.
150 "Dance?"
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"Haunted Canyon is
through Death Defile below. Bad place - no good Indian go there."
152 "How!"
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"What ho! Here we
are again - as the Queen says when she opens Parliament."
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"They're all spies.
We've got to clean them out and then get away."
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"Get them up in
Haunted Canyon. We'll dynamite Hang- ing Rock and start an avalanche!"
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"The landslide will
fill the trail through Death Defile. It will take them days to get out the other way."
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"Yellow Horse,
you take the crowd through. Mac can plant the dynamite and wait for you."
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"Instead of the Indian
village we're going up to the Haunted Canyon and see some diamond mines!"
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"Yes, diamond mines!
They are on the reser- vation and really belong to the Indians."
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Death Defile ---- the
gateway to Haunted Canyon.
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"I shall not go another
step without Virginia."
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Years before, young Marshall's
grandfather came abruptly on this very spot and reining in his horse, exclaimed:
"Hurrah for God."
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Hanging Rock ----
balanced high above the village, a menace for centuries.
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Primitive cunning,
born of instinct, now guides his every move.
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Yellow Horse
rides away to start the avalanche.
166 "The Mollycoddle!"
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"Umu katchi oo-ve
wat-ka-ah! Duh-bella ung sah pucktu!"
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"Fly for your lives!
Avalanche coming!"
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"Make for one of
the ledges - quick!"
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The mollycoddle
learns that Virginia has been left with Van Holkar -
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"That means I have your
friends trapped ---- beyond the defile. Now, you'll do as I say."
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"In the name of the
United States Govern- ment I arrest you for smuggling!"
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"I have only one
treatment for spies."
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"He's a smuggler all right.
I just finished getting the proof for you when some bally fool tipped a mountain over on me."
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"Oh, you want to arrest
that smuggling Johnnie! I'll go fetch him."
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And so, folks - did you
ever stop to think what a slight difference there is between the civilized and the primitive ----
176 Primitive ----
177 Civilized ----
178 Primitive ----
179 Civilized ----
180 Primitive and civilized - the world over ----
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