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Show 100, Jeffries, Islamorada [Section 2] "I'll have a word with you," the principal turned, confronting the young shadow. "And how are you this morning, Mr. Mincer?" "Ohh. . .it's him," the boy pointed at Dory, laughing and beaming elfin and oddly, "It's this one. The man slays me. I mean he just slays me!" Again Dory Clayton sees lonely Mincer making his way through the halls. Everybody giving him five yards clear, like he was receiving a punt. Mincer idly and loudly singing to himself Someday he'll come along The maa-an I love. . . With some fondness Mr. Clayton puts an arm on the boy's shoulder. Advising softly, "Mincer that is not a good song for you to sing. . The way that television pre-empted everything. "That's right, Vincent Price," he had acknowledged, "Peter Lorre and Vincent Price. . The Poe thing was always fun, the kids listened, and even the slow class had tried to concentrate as he'd begun, "Punctuation. . .and oral punctuation. Now I'm gonna recite this. . .this beginning from The Fall of the House of Usher, and you listen real carefully and tell me how many sentences Edgar Allen Poe is using: |