One cowboy two-timed the other in a poker game.

Tis the spiriters come back! Stop them! Run, bairns, run!

Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

By the time the scan is completed, the ACTA numbers of all the pictels have been computed and are stored in the computer's memory.