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Cool and clear mightbe coming, but it surely wasn't in hailing distance yet. Mac was desperate because the banks were al closed and there was no way of getting any money. I'll take care of you, I said. Janey went home and told the Tingleys al about the proposal, only she was careful not to say anything a

I've also gotten calls from Dickie Osgood, and a number of otherlocals, she said. He felt pretty blue. She was just a carny, just passing through this benighted place. Moments before,those unexpected bangs probably would have sent me running back up thedriveway in a panic, but now I had only that brief, startled moment.