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"It isn't exactly a new song," Dick explained, his gray eyes twinkling roguery, "and it's notin Japan before I was born, and, I doubt not, before Columbus discovered America Also, it is a duet--a competitive duet with forfeit penalties attached Paula will have to sing it with ht--Now all the rest of you gather around and sit down"
Still in her riding habit, Paula sat down on the concrete, facing her husband, in the center of the sitting audience Under his direction, ti her movements to his, she slapped her hands on her knees, slapped her palainst his pale Hot" Then he sang the song, which was short and which she quickly picked up, singing it with hi the accent While the air of it was orientally catchy, it was chanted slowly, almost monotonously, but it was quickly provocative of excite, Keena-Keena, Yo-ko-ha-a-sak-i, Kobe-mar-o--hoy!!!"
The last syllable, hoy, was uttered suddenly, explosively, and an octave and her than the pitch of the melody At the same moment that it was uttered, Paula's and Dick's hands were abruptly shot toward each other's, either clenched or open The point of the game was that Paula's hands, open or closed, at the instant of uttering hoy, should match Dick's Thus, the first ti closed, whereupon he took off his hat and tossed it into Lute's lap
"My forfeit," he explained "Co-Keena, Jong-Keena, Jong-Jong, Keena-Keena, Yo-ko-ha-a-sak-i, Kobe-mar-o--hoy!!!"
This time, with the hoy, her hands were closed and his were open
"Forfeit!--forfeit!" the girls cried
She looked her costuive?"
"A hair pin," Dick advised; and one of her turtleshell hair pins joined his hat in Lute's lap
"Bother it!" she exclaione the sa failed seven times to Dick's once "I can't see why I should be so slow and stupid Besides, Dick, you're too clever I never could out-guess you or out-anticipate you"
Again they sang the song She lost, and, to Mrs Tully's shocked "Paula!" she forfeited a spur and threatened a boot when the re streak of three coive up his wrist watch and both spurs Then she lost her wrist watch and the re spur