6 Until aHarry got wind of it somehow,
7 And flew her down to Rio for a chat,
8 bWhich must have gone very well,
9 Because Harry cpromoted Vicki to Ultra-Harrier,
10 And gave her a new position as Number Two,
11 And started having monthly dmeetings with her in Rio,
12 Which Lucky didn't like,
13 eBut had to take anyway,
14 Which probably helps explain why Lucky retired pretty soon after that,
15 To Bogotáf,
16 Which is when Joe took over as gNumber One,
17 hAnd Vicki quit in a huff,
18 And subsequently moved to Southern California,
19 To have her baby,
20 iAnd raise it herself,
21 Which she wound up writing a book about,
22 jCalled 'One Baby Around the House Is Quite Enough, Thank You,'
23 Which sold five million copies,
24 Not including the cookbook,
25 And the postpartum exercise program,
26 Which are coming out next spring.
CHAPTER 501 Some of the other followers did pretty well for themselves too,
2 And became Ultra-Harriers,
3 kIncluding Wayne,
4 Who was actually named lNick when mNed met him during the initial Silver Ghost tour.
5 As a matter of fact, Nick gave Ned a pretty hard time about the nWay of Harry for quite a while,
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6 And even threatened to go to the authorities to stop Ned from starting his new business,
7 Until he got a visit from oLucky,
8 pWho gave him some Consolation,
9 qAnd opened his eyes to all the opportunities of Harry's Way,
10 Which caused Nick to be converted right away,
11 And wash his hands of everything,
12 And change his name to Wayne for some reason,
13 Right then and there.
14 From then on, Wayne followed Harry like nobody's business.
15 He was the first follower not in the original eleven to become a rVice-president,
16 And the only follower who had a degree in chemistry and an MBA,
17 Which is why everybody thought he might make it all the way to sNumber One someday,
18 tEspecially when he did such a smooth job of retiring Fred after the letter thing,
19 Which is when Harry made him an Ultra-Harrier,
20 And gave him a corner office with a window.
21 But then, a couple of years ago, something strange happened.
22 uOne afternoon, Wayne walked out of his corner office at Parish Headquarters,
23 And disappeared,
24 Without a trace,
25 Taking no money or Consolation with him,
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