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`` The only kind , '' smiled Dick . `` Do n't you like codfish , Hen ? '' `` Not a little bit , '' grumbled Dutcher . `` Then you can cut out breakfast , and you 'll have a fine appetite at noon , '' offered Dan consolingly . `` It seems to me that you fellows use me as meanly as you know how , '' flared Hen . `` You ought to be ashamed of yourselves . '' `` We are , '' Tom assured the grumbler .