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All the same size, are they ?" "No.
Some are longer.
The longer ones are higher priced, of course." "Sartin! They're for fleshy folks, I s'pose.
Mrs.Thoph Kenney down home, she'd have to splice three of 'em together to make the round trip. Thoph's always scared he won't get his money's wuth in a trade, but he couldn't kick when he got her.
To give the minister a dollar and walk off with two hundred and eighty pounds of wife is showin' some business sagacity, hey? To do him justice, I will say that _he_ seems to be satisfied; she's the one that does the complainin'.
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