" As a
consequence of the success of the latter party, the shack became
too damp for habitation until another day, and several members,
as they went home at dusk, might easily have been mistaken for
survivors of some marine catastrophe.
Still, not every shack is equipped with running water, and
exuberance befitted the occasion. Everybody agreed that the
afternoon had been one of the most successful and important in
many weeks. The Order of the In-Or-In was doing splendidly, and
yet every brother felt, in his heart, that there was one thing
that could spoil it. Against that fatality, all were united to
protect themselves, the shack, the rixual, the opera-glasses and
the water-and-speaking tube. Sam spoke not only for himself but
for the entire order when he declared, in speeding the last
parting guest:
"Well, we got to stick to one thing or we might as well quit!
GEORGIE BASSETT better not come pokin' around!"
"No, SIR!" said Penrod.
CHAPTER VI. GEORGIE BECOMES A MEMBER
But Georgie did. It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect
could be more closely and patently related.
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