A door opened for the master circuit, and she was gone; he was alone with Kindly Dad and he was not glad of it. “Hi, Kindly Dad,” he said without enthusiasm. Setting down his tool case he began unscrewing the back plate of the Teacher. Kindly Dad said in a warm, sympathetic voice, “What’s your name, young fellow?” “My name,” Jack said, as he unfastened the plate and laid it down beside him, “is Jack Bohlen, and I’m a kindly dad, too, just like you, Kindly Dad. My boy is ten years old, Kindly Dad. So don’t call me young fellow, O.K.?” Again he was trembling hard, and sweating. “Ohh,” Kindly Dad
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