The Wheels of Chance


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If I did happen to say--"  
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You did, did you?" said Mr. Hoopdriver.  
Backing out of it, Charlie?" said the young man with the gaiters.  
Not a bit," said Charlie. "Surely we can pass a bit of a joke--"  
I'm going to teach you to keep your jokes to yourself," said Mr.  
Hoopdriver.  
"Bray-vo!" said the shepherd of the flock of chins.  
"Charlie IS a bit too free with his jokes," said the little man with the  
beard.  
"It's downright disgusting," said Hoopdriver, falling back upon his  
speech. "A lady can't ride a bicycle in a country road, or wear a dress  
a little out of the ordinary, but every dirty little greaser must needs  
go shouting insults--"  
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I didn't know the young lady would hear what I said," said Charlie.  
Surely one can speak friendly to one's friends. How was I to know the  
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door was open--"  
Hoopdriver began to suspect that his antagonist was, if possible, more  
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