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If men have lived straight we can't find defalcations
in their books, can we?"
"Nope," agreed Mickey. "Just the same I wish we were plowing corn, 'stead
of looking for them. That plowing job is awful nice. I watched a man the
other day, the grandest big bunch of bone and muscle, driving a team it
took a gladiator to handle. First time I ever saw it done at close range
and it got me. He looked like a man you'd want to tie to and stick 'til
the war is over. If he ever has a case he is going to bring it to you. But
where he'll get a case out there ten miles from anybody, with the bluest
sky you ever saw over his head, and black fields under his feet, I can't
see. Yes, I wish we were plowing for corn 'stead of trouble."
"You little dunce," laughed Douglas. "We'd make a fortune plowing corn."
"What's the difference how much you make if something black keeps ki-yi-
ing at your heels 'bout how you make it?" asked Mickey.
"There's a good strong kick in my heels, and the 'ki-yi-ing' is for the
feet of the man I'm after.


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