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Title: Oogie Finds Love

Author: Berkeley Livingston

Release Date: May 16, 2010 [EBook #32396]

Language: English

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OOGIE FINDS LOVE

by Berkeley Livingston

It took a fierce battle with the prehistoric Cro-Magnons,
and a modern wrestling match with the Russian Bear, before
Oogie, the Caveman, finally won beautiful Sala for his woman

* * * * *

[Illustration: From the caves men appeared, dragging after them the
women who had been clubbed into submission]

"Kill him...!" "Moider 'im...!" "Tear his arm off!" The cries and
shrieks and boos and confusion were general throughout the auditorium,
and the tenor of them was about the same, that the Russian Bear should
be annihilated. Alas for the public's pleas. Oogie the Caveman was
underneath, and already the referee was on his knees, his head bent
almost to the canvas, his nose almost touching the muscled shoulder of
Oogie who was underneath the Russian Bear. The two wrestlers were
almost in the center of the ring and the nearest of the spectators was
some eight feet off. The front row could see the lips of the ref
moving but none could hear the words, nor even imagine. For what the
ref said, was:

"Boss wants to see you after the match...."

Oogie rolled a face toward the ref upon which was writ the tortures
of the damned, and blinked his right eyelid. Then the ref slapped the
Russian Bear on the shoulder and the match was over....

"... Hi boss," Algernon Allerdyce called in greeting. His nose sniffed
appreciatively at the aroma of coffee.

"Hi Oogie," Sam Grogan replied without