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Billy Ricks, shambling after dandelion greens, stepped out of the road to let a great, olive-green touring car go tearing by and bounce over the railroad track. A second or so later he breathlessly dashed into the near-by office of the wagon works and grabbed for the telephone.
"That millionaire that went through here in his private car a couple o' weeks ago has come back to town in his automobile," he told Clint Richards.