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Get me ? '' `` No , but I will get you , '' retorted Brower , `` if you do n't grease that adding machine . '' Cantel grinned , and kicked his desk-mate , Marks . `` Say , Ankles , '' he said , `` we 'll get him in the basement at noon and I 'll suggest gloves , eh ? '' He with the tapering figure made no reply ; he was chasing nine cents up and down a long adding-machine strip . `` They must have a brilliant bunch over at the S -- , '' he said , grinding his teeth ; `` I never knew one of their slips to balance . '' Key had done so much checking in his day he looked upon the calling of the cash book as a morning recreation .