[Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis]@TWC D-Link bookDanny's Own Story CHAPTER VIII 13/18
Whilst everybody was admiring her size, and looking at the number of pounds on them big cheat scales Watty weighed her on, the long-necked one would be changing to her snake clothes. Which she only had one snake, and he had been in the business so long, and was so kind of worn out and tired with being charmed so much, it always seemed like a pity to me the way she would take and twist him around.
I guess they never was a snake was worked harder fur the little bit he got to eat, nor got no sicker of a woman's society than poor old Reginald did.
After Reginald had been charmed a while, it would be the glass eater's turn.
Which he really eat it, and the doctor says that kind always dies before they is fifty.
I never knowed his right name, but what he went by was The Human Ostrich. Watty's wife was awful jealous of Mrs.Ostrich, fur she got the idea she was carrying on with Watty.
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