The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1903 Page: 2 of 10
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Sweet his smile aa rose of May,
And his laughter stiver-clear,
■Leva knock* at my heart to-day.
Love knocks at my heart to-day.
Begging me for warmth and cheer,
Should I bid him go away?
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WE HAVE A PRIVATE SANATORIUM FOR
x COMPLICATED CASES.
The small boy who ik forced to wear
a vest and coat when he has a new
and gaudy shirt thinks of the circum-
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centuries.—Engineering Record.
Where They Eat Tobacco.
Perhaps there is nothing more pecul-
iar about the Eskimos of Point Bar-
.row than their methods of using tobac-
co, which, of course, they procure from
the whites. They know good- from bad
tobacco. When they get hold of a few
plugs, they show a marked apprecia-
tion of it. The habit of chewing the
weed seems to be universal. Men, wo-
men and even unweaned children keep
a quid, often of enormous size, con-
stantly in the mouth. The juice is not
spit out, but swallowed with the saliva
without producing any symptoms
nausea.
“JOST RUN ACROSS”
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For Catarrh and Colds tn the bead.
Hunt's Lightning Oil inhaled is a
sure cure. A few drops taken inter-
nally relieves and cures Cramp Colic,
Cholera Morbus and such troubles.
Guaranteed. Price 25 and 50 cents.
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ket and neck go at from one to three
cents. Farther east there is a still
wider difference, the choice rounds
running for from 12 to IS cents. Y.ou
can plainly see that it makes a great
difference tn the sale of your load of
lambs in Chicago, Buffalo or New
York whether the wealth of flesh lies
along the wide back and full thighs
or whether the larger percentage of it
lies along the lower lines of the body.
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When Your Grocer Says
bo does not have Defiance Htarcb, yon ma*
bo sure be is afraid to keep it until hm
stock of 13 os. packages are sold. Defiance
Starch la not only better than anv other
Cold Water Starch, but contains 10 os. to
the package and sells for same money aa 13
os. brands.
Weariness In Metals.
It has been found that when animal
matter (for instance, a muscle or
nerve) is repeatedly irritated its sensi-
tiveness wears off after a time. The
deflection of the galvanometer needle
is feebler and feebler. In fact, the mus-
cle br nerve begins to show signs of
fatigue. In the human body, of course,
this fatigue is quite obvious. If wo use
a particular muscle or nerve continu-
ously without givingMt time to rest Its
original action soon becomes enfeebled.
Professor Bose finds that metals be-
tray exactly the same signs of fatigue
under repeated irritation.
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him, but continued her sewing. When
th* wayfarer had finished sne placed
ths empty dishes on a chaly, and again
■ Seated herself. "Did you come through
Borpee?*' she inquired, a smile hov-
gflrtag about .her mouth.
“The town about two miles back
; “Yes; that's Borpee.”
“Yes. I come through It.
r stop long,” In a rueful tone/
Tbs woman laughed, “t reckon fou
-fildn't,” she said. “It's awful the way
they treat-treat tramps up t’ town.
1 You see, the town board had a fuss
' with the railroad. They passed an
ordinance that the railroad must stop
JItrains at Borpee on account of the
plfS Jiavin' give 'em the right of way.
Hm'railroad men got up a scheme
r taake the town sick of its bargain
Efthringin' every tramp from the
forth that they can get bold of an’
Iggipta' ’em out in Borpee. Sometimes
pro's a hundred put off the train
MW at oae time, folks say. The town
Mks try ta make die tramps stay on
ha trains and tbey.have a great time ?
■**l unddrstan' now,” said the youth.
That's why the trainmen was good
ta——te—wsi II
only cheap, but freight rates were
high and it cost a great deal to get
the corn to market. There was a sav-
ing to the producer in marketing his
corn crop in the shape of pork. Since
that time there has *1)660, a great
Change in the position of corn relative
to oats and other grains. There are
many commercial uses-to which corn
k-.£>-dow.p? v?at
t3fwtaaiued of.-,-# bowTi
the general average of
will rise from year to year, responsive
to the Increasing demand and the re-
strictive area of country in 4which
corn can be grown. The future is
likely to see the oat and barley crops
more largely used In the finishing of
swine than is dreamed of at the pres-
ent time. At any rate we are about
at the end of feeding pigs on a whole
corn dieL We cannot now figure out
a profit with such a course of feeding.
For a long time yet hogs that do not
follow cattle will be finished on corn,
but we may expect to see that finish-
ing period grow constantly shorter.
Men will also realize that a change
to clover and grain other than corn
will give them some benefits In the
way of Increased stamina in their
swine as well as more fecundity. The
corn feed problem Is one that, cannot
be Ignored longer, but is in course of
solution by every swine raiser that
is trying to make money.
Lonely Are my twilights gray.
Empty is my hdUM and drear—
Should .I bld him go away?
/A No.w a wistful song and gay.
, Low h» murmurs In tny ear.
L-av# knocks at my heart to-day.
If we were all as virtuous as we
expect our friends to be what a lot
of virtuous' people there would bo in
this world.
MORPHINE
A Poor Milker.
The Chicago .dally papers not long
ago published a statement relative to
the analysis of milk drawn from va-
rious cows on the Gurler dairy farm at
De Kalb, Illinois. Assistant State
Food Commissioner R. M. Patterson of
Chicago milked a Holstein cow, and
had her milk analyzed. It showed
2.8 per cent fat, a very low percent-
age. This was published along with
the analyses of the other samples of
milk, taken, and of dourse the con-
trast put the 1 olsteln breed In a bad
light Chicago people took up the agi-
tation and some even suggested <£e
passing of a law prohibiting the sale
of milk from Holstein cows. We learn
however from Mr. Glover, dairy field
man of the University of Illinois, that
the dally papers refrained from pub-
lishing a very important sequel to the
tests. After Mr. Patterson had drawn
all the ’milk he could from the tow,
one of the regular milkers sat down
and drew three pints more from the
same animal. All of our readers know
that the first milk is the poorest and
thff*flaat drawn milk the richest. An
analysis of the 11 jjounas drawn by
Mr. Patterson gave 2A per cent; as
analysis of the 3 pounds drawn by the them again and found they agreed
regular milker gave fl per cent Added
together thfc result was fourteen
pounds of milk with an average
richness of 3.48 per cerft, or .48 per
cent above tne standard required by
the state law. It will thus bo seen
that the agitation against the Hol-
stein was started as the result of the
exploit of a very poor milker In the
state's service x .
TjIeiTohwWlMktimi.'—"T'Thtat fluff fWNrWr.iJWMn
place where the trains stop.-be-hept nally widening"Tro
saying to himself, and pushed on- I th® shoulders; for a masculine head—
YrtkCd. . not roafse-Tcakraenwui wnff-jaiascullE-
(To be continued.) - I Ity rqust not' be confounded—with a
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[-4«*■ Mhaatw^BoM*.wwms #r«nw tirttr uAg
Inal meanings, as ships drag their an-
chors in a galo, but terms sheltered
from common use hold to their moor
Ings forever. The word “let,” for ex^
ample, has drifted id 300 yards from
meaning “hinder” until now It means
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for
Seme People Are Lucky.
Some people make an intelligent
study of food and get on the right
track (pure food) others
enough to stumble upon
bold, vigorous step in action. I don’t-
care if he is vigorous enough to drive
you out of the yard, so long as he
doesn’t hit you. For mutton quality
be should be wide over the shoulders
and on the back, with well sprung rio,
wide over the loin and full In the
thighs. It is along the broad back
and the full thighs that the high-
priced cuts of mutton lie. I found
this when I was dressing sheep for the
market, that the butchers would take
the first pick of my load by turning
them over on their backs and taking
those carcasses which nad the thick-
est back and widest loin. They whole-
sale on the Chicago market on the
basis of eight to ten cents a pound
for the leg, thigh, rump and back.
At best life is but short Do nos
make It shorter yet by rank neglect
if that cough of yours, when ona bot-
tle of Simmons’ Cough Syrup would
cut* you. Guaranteed. Price 35 and
50 cents.
The Corn Feed Problem.
A dozen years ago the fanners of
the corn belt that were engaged in
the raising of hogs would consider no
other feed for swine except corn.
They began to feed the pigs corn
about as soon as they were weaned
and continued to feed them corn till
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Stage Scenes.
Senator Depew was talking about
the mishaps and contretemps at
u -w — -wjtw AgrwgwWni■ w - w*JTnniMki^
"I’ll never forget,” he 'said, "the
stately 'super' in powdered wig and
si]k stockings who stalked in, chin in
the air, Upon the stage to answer the
earl's question, 'Who is there’’ The
super should have said, ‘The boy, my
lord,’ but what he did say was The
lord, my boy.’ ”
"Then there was another super, un-
like the former one—a super self-pos-
sessed and ambitious. This chap,
after years of stage life, had not ydt
gotten beyond a part that consisted
of only a meaningless line or two. He
was hungry for applause, and at last
he determined at all hazards, to get
applause. So, one night, after he had
said his usual solitary sentence of
iThe carriage waits ’ he stalked to the
center of the stage, elbowing the star
to one side, and he looked up at the
gallery, and, striking himself on the
chest, he exclaimed in a loud voices
" ‘And permit me to add, sir, that he
who raises his hand against a woman,
save In the name of kindness, is un-
worthy the name of gentleman.*-
"That brought down the house, but
the poor super lost his place on
count of It.”
The Homestead on the Hilf.
Fair, fertile flelde and grassy meads.
And orchard slopes between,
A verdant lawn and garden rare.
Enshrined by forest green.
Morn's earliest sunbeams gild thy brow,
And Spring's, first kisses thrill.
All nature loves thee well. I -trow,
Fair homestead on the hill.
For many years I’ve wandered far.
Mid scenes and faces new,
Yet memory shone like constant star
Still pointing back to you.
Each lovely spot some story holds.
And all my pulses thrill
With memories of past days and loves,
Sweet homestead on the hill:
These nooks my dear grandparents loved.
These flowers their beauty gave ■,
To festive scenes or days of grief.
To bridal or to grave.
Each duty, sorrow, hope, or Joy
That a woman's life may flfl. -
You've seen my mother meet them all
Old homestead on the hill.
This tree my brother set with care.
As though to leave -some sign.
Some, symbol ever pointing where
The Stark In splendor shine, ‘
Still speaks of hope to hearts bereft.
Still whispers “Peace, be still’--
Though he for heaven's home has left
The homestead on the hill.
We meet but seldom round thy board.
Nor oft thy Welcome share;
And many rooms are vacant now,
f New fbotstepe press thy stair.
But when life's checkered curtains fall.
And evening shades grow chill,
May beav«n* peace rest over all—
• Dear homestead on the hill.
Singing Inasetn.
Among the natural eurloaltieg of Ja-
pan are Its staging Insects. Th* moat
prlt*d of these tiny musicians is a
mack beetle named "susnmuskl,”
which means "Insect bell." Th* sound
that It emits resembles that of a littl*
sflver bell of th* sweetest and asoal
dsrUoaM Mn* ’W-
‘With me perfectly, f For. months 1
made them my main diet and as th*
result I am restored to my former per-
fect health and can eat everything I
want to.
"Wh«n I spoke to day physician
about Grape-Nuts he said ‘It Is a most
excellent food.’” Name given by Po*>
turn Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
There’s a reason.
Look for the famous littl* book,
“Th* Road to WellvUie,” la *v*ry
pnekag* of both Postum and Grap*-
Nuta.
. Ah! I know what I would say—
UNty.L. Yet 1 tremble— is 1t fear?
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a Soiled, sunburned and gray with
KdMst, be reluctantly entered the gate
I leading to a small house not far from
r the railway. A gray haired woman,
Ebending over some sewing, sat in a
rocking enair upon the porch of the
E-bouse. The dusty youth approached
| her timidly, fais baUered hat in Land.
LTb* woman started, looked up and
fryeered hard at him over her gla««es«
R**We don't want any tramps 'round
Lbere,” she said, tn dry, severe tones.
■ The boy,hesitated, twisting and rpH-
l tag up his hat in embarrassment "I'm
r not a tramp, missus. I'm a thief—that
k ta, they charged me with steal in’
[ money that I didn’t steal, an'—an' I'm
I trying to get away,” he stammered.
■ “I ain't got a cent., an’ 1 ain’t bad any-
f thing to eat since yisterday mornin',
I don't like to beg, but—but—"
“Mercy!" exclaimed the woman.
F “You do look weak an’ awfully petered
L out. Come in here and set down.
I The youth approached and sank
f down upon the porch steps. (
■ “Oom* up an' set on a cheer,” said
the. woman, “an* 1’11 get you somethin'
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The woman's face softened as she
' turned and entered the house. Pres-
ently ahe returned, bringing several.
dishes of food. “I’ll jest set ’em be-
fore you here on the steps,” she said.
“I reckon you'll enjoy things best that
way.”
; “Oh, missus----” the boy began, a
’ world of gratitude and eagerness in
his voice, then suddenly fell to eab
slaked fashion . Th*;..
rW^not looirft”
THE LUCK OF THE NORTHERN MAIL j
The Story of w Runaway Boy and a lianaway Train. I
r’.T- r"w-,i > ■> *•-**" MILTON KERR -In Thrre Parte 1-------------1
t * If r*n I (CopyHgAt by 8. S. MeClun Co.) | Part One [ 1
The winter girl cuts a figure on th*
ice, but tho summer girl must have a *
figure of her own to out Any ice on th*
boach.
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“TH! DENVER ROAD.”
The Fort Worth and Denver City
Railway Company (The Denver Road)
tuiv, vaav a iuuivubu, ever mindful of the resources along it/
in bookkM0kur~ ana and being desirous that the pub-*
lie visit the Panhandle and see whalt ta
befog accomplished, has recently
placed in *effect at all stations, Fort
Worth to Wichita Falls, inclusive, a
rate of one fare tor the round trip fol
parties of fiee «>;-.■< ty
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icine builds up your health,"Wli^res ymtf
Letter Which Cannot Be Understood
by Ordinary Mortals.
The number of obsolete words that
are to be fouud in a complete diction-
ary of the English language is con-
siderably larger-than the people have
any idea oLsays Tit-Bits. The .foltow-
ing letter, written by an alleged poet
to an editor who had treated his po-
etry with derision, furnishes home idea
of them:
“Sir: You have behaved like an im-
petiginous scrogle! Like those who,
envious of any moral celsitude. carry
their unglcity to the height of creat-
ihg symposically the fecund words
which my polymatblc genius uses with
uberity to abllgate the tongues of the
weetless! Sir, you have crassly pa-
rodied my own pet words, though they .while the lower lines—the flank, brls-
were trangrams!
“I will not coascervate reproaches.
I will oduce a veil over the atramentdl
ingratitude which has chamfered even
my Indiscerptible heart. I am silent
gn the focillation which my coadju-
, vancy must have given when I offered
to become your fantor and adminicle.
I will not speak of the’ lippitude, the
oblepsy you have shown in exacerbat-
ing me, one whose genius you should
have approached with mental discal-
ceation. So I tell you. without super-
vacaneous words, nothing will render
ignoscible your conduct to me.
“I want you that I will vellicate
your nose if I thought that any moral
dtartbrogls thereby could be per-
formed—If I thought I should not im-
piipiorate fny reputation. Go, tachy-
11 synchronicrrry W^th C'‘ OklkHtaitloh faffafe “iFIrfiore tfays corn was not
I of the greatest poet since Milton.”
And yet all these words are to
I found in the dictionary.
which:
A fin* vestibule train ta coming.
Ar* you ready to get aboard T If not,
there la a freight coming cm behind.
If you are not ready then, you may
walk.
Young people, the same ta true In
Ilf*. If you are prepared and ready
with a good practical buaineaa educa-
tion you may take the vestibule train,
where you will be surrounded with
the comforts of life. If you are not
ready, you may take the slow bumpy
freight or walk on behind with a lit-
tle bundle of clothes tied up in a rag
and swung bver your shoulder.
Now begin in time, take a thorough,
course tn —-__
shorthand in Tyler College, and be’
prepared to ride in Che vestibule
train, surrounded by the luxuries of
life.
_ Write for free catalogue, address
~to7 and
Definite words are ne'cefeary for tho
expression of definite Meas; hence ecl-
entitle terms have to be employed/* A
term has one*defintte meaning which
[OPIUM, WHISKEY AND ALL . .
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chased some and used them until he
bad taken altogether eight Ijoxes when
he was sound and well with not a Sin-
gle symptom of the old trouble. This
was some months ago, and 1 feel sure
that he Is permanently cured. JVe owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills all' the credit
for his restoration to good health.'^
Caustic Humor of Galileo. ____
i of corn prices caustic humor of that-bold inyestiga- your business
tor. Lotarlo Sarsf. a writer on science,
having said that the Babylonians used
to .cook eggs by whirling them in a
sling, Galileo replied: “The cause of
such an effect is very remote- frota
that to which it is attributed and to
And the true cause I shall reason
thus: "If an effect does not follow
with us which followed with others
at another time it is because in our
experiments something is wanting
which was the cause of the former
success; apd if only one thing is want-
nng to us that one thing is the true
cause. Now we have eggs and slings
and strong men to whirl them, and
yet they will not become cooked; nay,
if they were hot at first they more
quickly become cold; and since noth-
ing Is wanting to us to be Babylonian
it follows that being Babylonians is
the true cause why the eggs became
cooked and not to the friction of the
air, which is what I wish to prove.”
■
PhHa. young woman did.’
. She says: “I had suffered terribly
frjm nervous indigestion, everything
seemed to disagree with me and i was
on the point of starvation when one
da,* 1 happened to run across a demon-
stration of Postum Food Coffee at one
of the big stores here.
"1 took a sample home and a sample
Of Grape-Nuts as well and there tried
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tea.
Best Type of Ram.
I consider constitutional develop-
ment the most Important thing in
choosing a ram, said Geo. McKerrow at
a farmers' institute. This ta shown
in his form; ta good heart girth, giv-
ing plenty of play for his vital organs,
and in the bright pink color of hlu
skin. Still I have seen manp a good
ram whose skin snowed a pale color
through being tied up and fed on dry
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“Tain t so very red," said the woman
gently. "Where's Painter district?”
“Back In Wisconsin. It's a school
district in the country. It's most all
woods there.” A wistful look came
into his-eyes.
"Y’r people live there?”
"Not many now—on'y a uncle.”
"Where's y’r father an’ mother
live?”
“I ain’t got any; they're dead.”
"Long?"
“Since I was five or six years old.
They was—was burned tn a big forest
fire, back there.”
"But you didn't steal?” queried the
Reads Like a Miracle. -
Frfarspoint, Miss., Nov. 30.—The
Butler case still continues to be the
talk of the town. Mr. G. L Butler, the
father of the little boy, says:
"The doctor said my boy had disease
of the spinal cord, and treated him
for two months, during which he got
worse all the time. Finally the doctor
told me he did not know what was the
trouble. The boy would wake up dur-
ing the night and say that he was
dying. He would be nervous and trem-
bling and would want to run from the
house, saying Jie saw ugly things j
5. “11 fci^Aea^him.. »e I
and’norfh??lthfF’ff!yth:^giifhV'W"i’e^
turning trip; while single or Individual
tickets'are bold for. one-and on«-thirtl
fare, subje^t^to the same conditions as *
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pUc, 4S. tho Fantatffllft is
Ing the attention of the entire South-
west; the large cattle ranches being
divided Into small stock farms, which
are being sold from >1.50 an acre up.
Attention Is called to their advertise- '
ment In another column of this issue.
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A man usually gets the last word
In an argument with his wife because
she gives it to him.
On moat American farms th* br**4- 1
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Trudged southward along the tracks,
a fugitive from tht law.
woman, looking at him over
gl'.ssbs.
A flush came, Into the youth’s
freckled, dusty face, "No, on'y some-
times melons or apples t’ eat. Jus’ for
fun. Most boys do that, yeh know.”
“Yes, but you was charged with
I didn't stealin' somethin’ else, you said.”
Sorrell hesitated a moment. “Yes.
that was money," he said. "I run off
from Uncle Reuben's early this spring
an' come West. I wanted to get to
Aunt Lucy's—she’s mother’s sister,
snj,' lives down at Sacramento, In Cali-
fornia—an' so I get to St. Paul, an'
beat my way over the railroad out in-
'to Washington state. I had an awful
hard time. I went t' wor* on a wheat
ranch up in the Palouse country t’ get
money t’ pay my way down the coast
to Aunt Lucy’s. There was a tot of
men workin’ on the ranch, an’ one
young feller, Sime Saucer, bout my
age an’ size. Him an' me run together
all the time. 'Bout two weeks ago Mr.
Young, the ranch man. was goln’ t'
pay the men off, an' brought a tot of
money out from the bank—three or
four hundred dollars, I guess. That
night somebody stole IL They sus-
pected Sime ah’ me, an’ Sime he lit
out; but the sheriff nabbed me, an'
tuck me over to a town on the rail-
road, an' jugged me. The Jail wasn't
much account, though, and the second
night I got out and made tracks for
California. I’Ve got this far. I want
t’ get down to Aunt Lucy’s, but I
don’t know; I s’pose the sheriff’ll be
there watchin’ for me.” He ended
with a note of hopelessness in his
voice. - ,/
"Did the folks at the ranch know
about y’r wantin’ t’ go to Sacra-
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/ “Sime did, an’ mebbe some of the
others did. too,. I’m goln’, anyhow.
I've made up my mind.” He rose
rtiffly to bis feet “Pm much obliged
to you. missus; I was mighty hungry.”
He started toward'the gate.
"Wait jus’ a minute.^said the wom-
an, hastily rising and entering the
bouse. ,
fctorrell stood fidgeting. After a lit-
Ge time the good soul retorted, in
her hand some bread and butter and
pickles and meat, tied up in a dean
handkerchief. "When the vittles are
gon*, yeu can have the handkerchief.”
she said kindly, "and here's a little
money. It’s all I got In th* house jus*
now, or I’d give you more. I hope-they
won’t never find you.”
Sorrel’s lips began to quiver. “I
don’t want the money.” be said husk-
ily.- "I couldn’t take that But I’d like
th* vittles, for—for I was awful hun-
W
•be reached the money toward him.
loud best take it; you’ll need it,*
she said.
"No, I’m all right,” he replied, and
started hastily toward the gate. There
he turned, and awkwardly took of!
his hat. “I’m much obliged. I’ll tell
Aunt Lucy how—how good yeh was,”
he said.
“Good-by; take keer of yourself,”
said the woman.
Sorrel trudged southward along th*
tracks, a fugitive from the law, but
happier than he had been /or days.
Near sundown he came to a little box-
like station in a narrow gulch, but
there seemed to be no one in charge.
"I reckon the train don’t stop here,”
he said wearily and after a moment's
rest plodded onward. Twilight de-
scended. purple- and shadowy, anil
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H* reluctantly entered the gate.
all th* way from Portland an*
■ kicked me off at the town. I
Bi t* gat back on but one of 'em
ikafi mein the face/an' I had to let
w'lrtgl how you got that bruised
on y'r flh*ek?”
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