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BY MO'LEFF
PATS RUSE TO GET AMONG THE EMPRESS 3UDVS
ENEMIES BV DIS6UISNG HIMSELF AS THE'R WATER
BOV, SEEMED SUCCESSFUL UNTIL THE LEADER.
CALLED FOR WATER.....
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snarled THE LEADER AS FAT
/ED *TO BE ASLEEP. "MAVBE FIFTV ^
' LASHES WILL HELF TOUR
^HEARlKiG» H / / '
SO THE LEADERS WRATH
WAS APPEASED, ANO THE ({/l 111
CONSPIRATORS RESUMED <r I
THEIR 30URNEV TO
ERIC’S OUTTOST.
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BEFORE HE COULD STRIKE ONE OF HlS MEN
SEIZED HlS ARM. •WAIT!" HE SAID UNDER HlS
BREATH. "GOBI IS A DEAF-MUTE!"
POM foITowe^mlm at a safe DISTANCE I
[TO BE ON HA.MP WHEN FECT NEEDED HELP., |
fex. SUDDENLY A
Hr' STRANGE LN*
K? GARBED
' SOLDIER REACHED
OUT PROM
r\ behind ‘and
j CAUGHT
him:
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POM STRUGGLED
TO ESCAPE, BUT ’
NOW A WHOLE
TROOP OF SOLDI E
SURROUNDED
HlMl
-
MEANWHILE THE CONSPIRATORS REACHED
ERICS OUT POST AND BEGAN UNLOADING
THE GOLD---THE GOLD THAT WOULD
RAY THE HERMIT TO CARRY JUDY OFF
a FROM HER RlGHTFUl
THRONE. *
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PAT SAW HIS HE SPOKE! "LET ME CARRV
CHANCE TO SAIN THE SOLD INSIDE "HE SAID
ENTRANCE TO TO THE LEADER..
faLcTLJPVS PRISON
■k AND.
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THE MAN RIPPED THE HAT FROM RAT'S
HEAD. "GOBI SPEAKS/THE DLAE
MUTE SPEAKS-I'VE
_
WHEW.'AT LAST I HAVE
THE HOUSE TIDIED UP!
OOPS-THERE GOES
g™6 DOORBELL
B-RiNGf’..
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GOSH! ISN'T IT SWELL OF
UNCLE PERSIMMON TO SEND a
ME THIS CUTE MONKEV l
I MUST Jrt
GO AND SUV HIM SOME- M.
THINS IN RETURN! JM
SFUWN'Y UNCLE ALWAVS
DISLIKED ME—WELL 1
^ GUESS HE'S' FORGIVEN
^Xthe TIME I WRECKED ]
-ilHlS HOME, PLAVING
-^r games with the Gang /
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