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| | Interstate Chimes |
 | | Joe groaned and played out his finest death scene, fingers writhing at his heart, and he nearly lost his purchase on the bed above to tumble to the quaking camper floor, but Jimmy caught him and steadied him in just the nick of time. |
 | | The prayer finished, the congregation returned from their knees to the pews, and Joe Lancaster had to be moving on, because time was most precious to him, a commodity he could not afford to squander. |
 | | And their laughter was peaceful, and sweet, silver chimes toning upon warm Indiana breezes, flickering bright and warbling in the air. |
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