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had so long been wandering. And when Michael, with his brand-new bushy
whiskers, broke from the grasp of the stranger and turned to run, and
the weird little shaven creature in the low-necked shirt followed his
example with a bird-like screech, and the stranger (finding the rest of
his prey escape him) pounced with a rude grasp on Morris himself,
that gentleman's frame of mind might be very nearly expressed in the
colloquial phrase: 'I told you so!'
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I have one of the gang,' said Gideon Forsyth.
I do not understand,' said Morris dully.
O, I will make you understand,' returned Gideon grimly.
You will be a good friend to me if you can make me understand
anything,' cried Morris, with a sudden energy of conviction.
'I don't know you personally, do I?' continued Gideon, examining his
unresisting prisoner. 'Never mind, I know your friends. They are your
friends, are they not?'
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I do not understand you,' said Morris.
You had possibly something to do with a piano?' suggested Gideon.
A piano!' cried Morris, convulsively clasping Gideon by the arm. 'Then
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