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his dark face shining.

"Purely rhetorical," said Old Ghost, "But this is what I really want to know.
Listen! Have you-all heard who Walter White is said to have married?"

Blood boiled.

Suddenly the whole Committee started talking about at once. The gavel is
still banging! And what was said cannot bear repeating. To Old Ghost Mr.
Georgia in particular sounded most Un-American. But perhaps this is just a mat-
ter of opinion. One Committee member choked on the first syllable of "inter-marriage".

Old Ghost just laughed up his sleeve. Having thrown the whole meeting
into a state of confusion, he prepared to withdraw in a puff of smoke. But
his back-stanced brownskin legs
before he disappeared he swished his robes about, and said, "Gentlemen, I
cannot permit myself to listen to tirades. I will be back in Washington,
shall we be pleased to
however, on Emancipation Day, and we receive you in my suite at the May-
Away he went on
flower. Au revoir!"

*We are now in the wings of the morning, stand up!*

"Au revoir, my dear Un-Americans, au revoir!"