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The Mystery of Metropolisville

CHAPTER II
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According to the map, this solitary burrow was surrounded by Seminary, Depot, Court-House, Woolen Factory, and a variety of other potential institutions, which composed the flourishing city of New Cincinnati.

But the map was meant chiefly for Eastern circulation.
Charlton's dietetic theories were put to the severest test at the table.
He had a good appetite.

A ride in the open air in Minnesota is apt to make one hungry.

But the first thing that disgusted Mr.Charlton was the coffee, already poured out, and steaming under his nose.

He hated coffee because he liked it; and the look of disgust with which he shoved it away was the exact measure of his physical craving for it.


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