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The Story of Paul Boyton

CHAPTER XV
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The refuse, or pummies, as we would call them, is fed to the hogs and cattle.

It struck me at the time that with our improved American machinery, we could extract about four times as much oil out of the pummies thrown away, as they got out at the first pressing.
"Another place I visited under the escort of the good padre and an officer, was the prison.

This prison contained as choice a collection of murderers as ever drew a knife across a helpless traveler's throat.
The news of my coming had preceded me and these free knights of the mountains stood in rows along the corridors to receive me, backed up by several well armed carbineros.

The worthy padre would point out the most distinguished of these gentlemen.

'That one,' he'd say, 'is in for killing two travelers at such or such a pass.


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