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`` Better have it copyrighted , Andy . '' `` Oh , I 've already got a double-barreled patent on it , '' was the light answer . `` Anybody who steals it will get ten years in a bathing suit at the north pole ; '' and at this there was a general laugh . The boys were awaiting the arrival of Gif Garrison , who came in about noon of that day . Gif was a big boy , and , as mentioned before , was at the head of a great many of the athletic doings of the school . `` Glad to see you fellows here , '' said Gif , as he shook hands all around . `` My !