ewhat
absent-minded, told the elevator boy that he could go for the night. Of
course, he was surprised to hear all about it the next morning. All he
wanted to do was to get rid of the rats."

"Exactly!" purred Mr. Winifred Willowby.

And he lit another cigarette.

THE END

FOOTNOTES:

[1] When the magician (the Piper) had led the one hundred and thirty
children out of the city, two hundred and seventy-two years before the
gate was built.

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from _Amazing Stories_ April 1956 and was
first published in _Amazing Stories_ November 1931. Extensive
research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on
this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical
errors have been corrected without note.

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