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Burbelow, owing to this intellectual inferiority to the before-mentioned Alsatians, frequently got more kicks than coppers, and the present supplication which he indulged in towards the Wondersmith was a terrible confirmation of the rule.

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"I think they'll do," said the Wondersmith, chuckling, as he watched these various incidents.

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"In that bottle," answered the Wondersmith, pointing to the pot-bellied black bottle that Madame Filomel had brought with her.

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They had taken but a few steps when the door suddenly opened, and the tall figure of the Wondersmith appeared on the threshold.

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"No one is stirring about the house," replied the Wondersmith, gloomily.

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"Sneer at my poor form," he cried, in strong vibrating tones, flinging out one long arm and one thin finger at the Wondersmith, as if he would have impaled him like a beetle.

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"What the Devil can it be?" muttered the Wondersmith, flashing his lantern here and there.

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The Wondersmith took the little dolls out, one by one, and set them upon the table.

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Wondersmith lifted the covering in which he had enveloped his little people.

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The long, nervous leg of the Wondersmith caught the little creature in the centre of the body, doubled up his brown, hairy form, till he looked like a fur driving-glove, and sent him whizzing across the room into a far corner, where he dropped senseless and flaccid.

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