"Then you are weeping for the other man?"
"No, no!" retorted the hangman, growing quite angry, "I am weeping because, having hanged this man for a petty crime which was never committed, I cannot hang him now for I have already hanged the other man."
"At last I understand," said Gud, greatly relieved, "and I think I can help you out. Go get your rope and call your citizens!"
Chapter LXI
As he was sitting one night by a campfire waiting for the beans to boil, Gud picked up a newspaper. Glancing over the advertisements, his eye fell on this item:
Partner Wanted: Fine opportunity for experienced deity to share control of fully evolved world. Will call at any address to give details.—I. B. Devil.
This interested Gud, for his vacation was getting irksome. So he called Fidu and let him sniff the advertisement and said: "Go get him!"
Fidu immediately hit the trail through the great darkness, baying beautifully.
When the Underdog returned there followed at his heels a handsome Devil.