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Chapter Two


contact with a stout pole, which he embraced. It was a life saver, for he was shooting down into the darkness at a great rate.

"Why!" he gasped as soon as he regained his breath, for he was falling at a terrific rate of speed, "why, I believe I'm sliding down the bean pole!"

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