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He did n't do either one , though ; but when he shows up at the Studio next mornin ' he was wearin ' his old clothes , and his face looks like he was foreman of a lemon grove . `` Ah , brace up , Swifty , '' says I. `` There 's others . '' He just shakes his head and sighs , and goes off into a corner as if he wanted to die slow and lingerin ' . Then Saturday afternoon , when it turns off so warm and we begins the noon shut down , I thinks I 'll take a little run down to Coney and hear the frankfurters bark . I was watchin ' 'em load the boys and girls into a roller coaster , when along comes a car that has something familiar in it . Here 's Swifty , wearin ' his brass band suit , a cigar stickin ' out of one corner of his mouth , and an arm around a fluffy haired Flossie girl that was chewin ' gum and wearin ' a fruit basket hat . They was lookin ' happy .