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Half-Past Seven Stories by Robert Gordon Anderson
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The Toyman chuckled and replied,--

"Oh, he's a remarkable man, the Doctor, a very remarkable man. But
listen, boy, listen, you'll never hear the like again."

So of course they listened--with all their ears, and their eyes and
their mouths, too.

"I will introjooce to you," went on the grand speech, "the famous
Indian"--yes, that's just what he said,--"the famous Indian,
Chief-Afraid-of-a-Rat. Come on, Chief, don't scare the ladies, and
don't scalp the little boys as long as they're good."

[Illustration: "Out of that hat he drew a rabbit, a live white rabbit,
and held it up by its ears for all to see."]

Then up on that wagon stepped a big Indian with moccasins on his feet,
and a dress of deerskin with beads embroidered on it, and a headdress
of many feathers and many colors too. He opened his mouth wide, and said
something that sounded like a speech and yet like a song:--

"Ging-goo, ging goo, ging goo!
Tunk a tin, tunk a tin, tunk a tin!
Geegry goo, geegry goo,
All-a-man lissen!"

That's what the Red Indian with all the feathers said, and it sounded
very impressive.

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