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HE walked into Colonel Willetts's office with a pugnacious consciousness of being twenty years older than on the day before. He would talk business in a business-like way. He was prepared to fight, to overcome opposition, to convince the colonel against the colonel's will.
"Hello, Tommy! " called out Colonel Willetts, cheerily. He was standing beside the stock ticker. "Have a seat, my boy."