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A Night of Close Calls
Back at Bow Lake, after CF Commander Wozniah had recruited Father and Ramses to play the role of decoy while on the lake fishing, he later found out that the two geezers had recruited young Harry, one of the stable hands, to help them with their assignment. The young man, the CF commander knew, would serve as an excellent crutch for Ramses as he would struggle to maneuver the numerous stairs to the storage area on the third floor of the mansion. The CF commander had begun to know the old men and Harry so well that once they reached the storage area, he could imagine Harry yanking, shoving, pulling, and pushing boxes and trunks and clothes racks and whatever else the two eager old men pointed out to him; the CF commander knew that, just as Jamison and Shelton had
