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PART II--IN THE FLOOD
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It seems to me that it wasn't me did it.

I might be mistaken--it was late--but I have the impression that it wasn't me." From the silence that followed, this would seem to have been clearly a recent performance of the previous speaker, who, however, responded quite cheerfully: "An evenin' o' simple, childish gaiety don't count.

We've got to start in again FAIR.

What we want here is to clear up and encourage decent immigration, and get rid o' gamblers and blatherskites that are makin' this yer camp their happy hunting-ground.

We don't want any more permiskus shootin'.


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