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TOM AND Ned looked up, a little startled, and saw their eccentric friend, Mr. Wakefield Damon.
"Bless my gum shoes! " exclaimed Mr. Damon, wiping his glasses and settling into the chair that Tom pulled over for him. "I came in on you like a thief in the night, and by a coincidence I hear you talking about thieves."