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[1914 P. G. Wodehouse Brother Fans in McClure’s Magazine Aug. 60/1
Mr. Birdsey’s heart was almost too full for words. He had found him at last—the Super-Fan, the man who would go through fire and water for a sight of a ball game. Until that moment he had been regarding himself as the nearest approach to that dizzy eminence. He had braved great perils to see this game. Even in this moment his mind would not wholly detach itself from speculation as to what his wife would say to him when he slunk back into the fold. But what had he risked, compared with this man Benyon?] |