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The Depot Master

CHAPTER X
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'S'pose that fat one is Morgan ?' "'I don't know,' says I.'Me and Pierpont ain't met for ever so long.
Don't lean over and point so; you're makin' a hit.' "He was, too.

Some of the younger crew on the floor was lookin' up and grinnin', and more kept stoppin' and joinin' in all the time.

I cal'late we looked kind of green and soft, hangin' over that marble rail, like posies on a tombstone; and green is the favorite color to a stockbroker, they tell me.

Anyhow, we had a good-sized congregation under us in less than no time.

Likewise, they got chatty, and commenced to unload remarks.
"'Land sakes!' says one.


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