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"Besides wliich," added the girl, "he allowed his passions, not his head, to rule him."
"Nevertheless," said Second Dr. Geechie, "I find myself withтАФ"
"May the Mysterious Something bless and keep you, Doctor," put in Father Cog. He took hold
of Kip's arm. "This clever lad and I have a fast-approaching appointment with a connect-ship. You
needn't fear, BKE will put all your mechanisms back in topnotch order before many a day has passed."
"Goodbye, dear sweet Kip," said the girl.
Kip was yanked out into the corridor before he could reply.
 Chapter 2
"How the heck are you, Kipper?"
"Splendid, Peterkin."
"Oops, did I get lubricant on your tunic sleeve? Sorry as heck about that. I've been tinkeringтАФ"
"Speaking of tinkering, why does Father Cog have a brogue?"
Really humanizes him, doesn't it? But let's not stand around here in the corridors gabbing,
Kipper. Uncle is pretty anxious to have a little gabfest with you. Oops, did I get that acid on your elbow.
Oh, yeah, there's a patch of it eating the seam of my lab smock."
"What does Uncle Wenzel want?"
"He has some kind of family chitchat in mind, Kipper old kid. Do you see something right here on
my ear?"
"A rust tick."
"Darn. I've been having trouble with those little buggers lately. They've completely infested Al
Jolson."
"Who?"
"Not who, what. Al Jolson is an entertainment andy I'm working on in my spare time, special
order for an entertainment complex out on Murdstone that calls itself Showbiz Heaven. Gee, it looks like
I got blackface all over your back when I greeted you. Excuse it, please."
"Blackface makeup, that's something from your android work?"
"Al Jolson made himself up as a Negro person, got down on one knee and sang about his mother
-Earth System, mid-twentieth century or thereabouts. It's quite interesting, Kipper old kid, when you
realize a good deal of lizardman mother songs are really variants ofтАФ"
"You sure, Pete, you don't know what our uncle has in mind for me?"
"Honest injun, Kipper."
"It's not something you suggested to him, some exciting assignment at the far edges of the Barnum
System maybe?"
"Heck no. I don't have that kind of drag with Unc anyhow, Kipper. You may think I do, on
account of I'm a little higher up in the company than you are even though we're roughly the same age. But
I really can't put a bug in hisтАФ"
"Okay. Here's his office door.">
"See you soonest, Kipper. Maybe we can have lunch before you embark. I remodeled the
kitchen andies while you were away. The crepe chef, in particular, is greatlyтАФ"
"Embark?"
 Chapter 3

The silver door in front of Kip opened, then, before he could enter his uncle's office, wooshed
shut again.
"Hold on, Kip," called out a voice on the other side of the door.
The door wobbled, reopened.
Kip dived through. "Where are you going to send me?"
"Sit down, we'll have a little gabfest."
"You've got to stop talking like Peterkin." Kip ignored the lounging chair which wheeled up and
nudged against his leg.