Ma Pettengill

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Harry Leon Wilson. Ma Pettengill

Ma Pettengill

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I. MA PETTENGILL AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. II. A LOVE STORY. III. RED GAP AND THE BIG-LEAGUE STUFF. IV. VENDETTA. V. ONE ARROWHEAD DAY. VI. THE PORCH WREN. VII. CHANGE OF VENUS. VIII. CAN HAPPEN! IX. THE TAKER-UP. X. AS TO HERMAN WAGNER. XI. CURLS. I

MA PETTENGILL AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

II

A LOVE STORY

III

RED GAP AND THE BIG-LEAGUE STUFF

IV

VENDETTA

V

ONE ARROWHEAD DAY

VI

THE PORCH WREN

VII

CHANGE OF VENUS

VIII

CAN HAPPEN!

IX

THE TAKER-UP

X

AS TO HERMAN WAGNER

WAGNER'S SYLVAN GLEN, ONLY THIRTY-TWO MILES. HERMAN WAGNER, SOLE PROP

XI

CURLS

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Harry Leon Wilson

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The boys clam up. They say this is nothing like whales, but a dry-land proposition too important to talk about; that I've sworn everyone to secrecy, but he'll see soon enough what it is when the big money begins to roll in. They don't mind telling him it's an African proposition of new and nourishing food, a regular godsend to the human race, but they got to keep quiet until I get my options bought up so I'll have the cream of the business.

Safety sniffs in a baffled manner and tries to worm out a hint, but they say it's a thing would go like wildfire once it got known, being so much tastier than whale meat and easier to handle, and eating almost nothing.

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