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Looking about, Hal saw some of the guests of the Harrigan party. There was Vivie Cass, standing under an umbrella with Bert Atkins; and there was Bob Creston with Dicky Everson. These two had on mackintoshes and waterproof hats, and were talking to Cartwright; tall, immaculate men, who seemed like creatures of another world beside the stunted and coal-smutted miners.
Seeing Hal, they moved over to him. "Where did you get the kid? " inquired Bob, his rosy, smooth-shaven face breaking into a smile.