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The truck went out of sight.

Park sat up and grinned at the girl. He was proud of himself. He had extricated them neatly. A good job.
He felt that pretty Attorney Martha Colby would appreciate his prowess.

But Attorney Colby glared at him.

“You!” she said. “You got me into that truck in the first place, you idiot!”



Chapter III. GOBLIN AGAIN
TRYING hard to be calm, Parker O'Donnel began to count slowly. “One, two, three, four,” he said,
“five, six, seven. You know, I usually only have to count to fifty to keep from hitting a woman. But this
time . . . well, a hundred anyway. Eight, nine, ten, eleven—”

“You stop being an idiot!” said Attorney Martha Colby. “Or I'll kick your shin again!”

Park looked at her thoughtfully.

“That's another thing I'll never forgive you for,” he said. “Didn't you know that when I jumped, they
almost shot me dead?”

Martha winced. “To tell the truth, I didn't realize they were in earnest.”

“They were.”

“I know that now.”

“Why,” demanded Park, “were they in earnest?”

“They wanted to kill us.”

“Why? That's what I'm asking you.”

Martha frowned at him. “I don't know. I have no idea. Haven't you any notion why?”

Park sighed, and said, “I guess they were just mad at me for meeting such a pretty girl as you.”

Attorney Martha Colby's dignity gave way, and she laughed. “You know, you're quite a fellow,” she
said. “I didn't like you at all at first, but now I don't know.”

“Why didn't you like me at first?” Park asked.

“You talk too much,” Martha informed him. “And you began calling me beautiful and gorgeous.”

“I'm sorry, Attorney Colby,” Park said.

“Oh, call me Martha,” said Attorney Colby.
“Sure,” Park agreed. “But I like gorgeous and beautiful better. And wonderful, matchless, peerless,