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    The Wedge
    The Wedge
    The Wedge
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    The Wedge

    By Horace Brown Fyfe

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Wedge - Horace Brown Fyfe

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      Title: The Wedge

      Author: Horace Brown Fyfe

      Release Date: March 31, 2010 [EBook #31833]

      Language: English

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      By H. B. FYFE

      Finding his way out of this maze was only half the job.

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      When the concealed gong sounded, the man sitting on the floor sighed. He continued, however, to slump loosely against the curving, pearly plastic of the wall, and took care not to glance toward the translucent ovals he knew to be observation panels.

      He was a large man, but thin and bony-faced. His dirty gray coverall bore the name Barnsley upon grimy white tape over the heart. Except at the shoulders, it looked too big for him. His hair was dark brown,

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