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Archie Abbott said, “A mechanician told me those chain bridles never break”

“Probably the saed it up,” said Mack Fulton, and the others laughed

Isaac Bell tossed the broken bridle link on the table It landed with a heavy thunk and did not bounce far “What do you say, Wally? What do you think broke that?”

Wally inspected it carefully He ran his finger along the edge “I’ll be”

“What?”

“Looks like someone smacked it with a cold chisel You see where the blade cut half through it?”

Isaac Bell said, “I thought it was chiseled, too”

“OK Nohat?”

“It broke in plain sight of a hundredit with a chisel”

“I recall you saying that back in Pittsburgh But look It looks like it was cut with a chisel”

“How?”

Kisley sat back and stroked his chin as if he were grooh steel spring to mind Whack it with a hammer”

“Which didn’t happen,” said Mack Fulton

“Persuade an eagle to drop the chisel from a hundred feet in the air”

“Which didn’t happen”