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The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

CHAPTER XVIII
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One of 'em I pasted into an album in which I keep particularly good photographs of my own taking; the other three I gave to him--he put 'em in his pocket-book." "All unmounted--like this ?" asked Chettle.
"All unmounted--like that," affirmed Allerdyke.

"And now, then, since it seems to be a matter of importance, I can tell you what James did with at any rate two of 'em.

He gave one to our cousin Grace--Mrs.Henry Mallins--a Bradford lady.

He gave another to a friend of my own, another amateur photographer, Wilson Firth--gave him it in my presence at the Midland Hotel one day, when we were all three having a cigar together in the smoking-room there.

Wilson Firth's a bit of a rival of mine in the amateur photographic line--we each try to beat the other, you understand.
Now, then, James pulled one of these snapshots out and handed it over to Wilson with a laugh.


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