The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909, October 20, 1905, Image 6

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    The Diamond River
OY DAVID
CIIAl'TKR XVII. (Coniiiiucd.i
"Indeed, sir?" said Monboddo. Then
ho la untied n sonilo laugh nnd winked
bot hoycfl together. "Von were not the
bnly one," lie mild, looking mighty fool
Joli, but ns If ho thought lio wore looking
mighty wise.
"Indeed, sir," !ild tlie stranger.
"Before we hnve finished n convorsn
llon which promises to ho Intcrostin',"
Jn(d Monboddo, "yon must favor mo with
your inline."
"I beg your pardon," said tho st ranker,
for Monboddo had chosen to be incoinpiu
iicnslble. The doctor repented his re
qnent, nnd tho stranger bowed, and HaUl:
"Smith, sir plain Smith."
"IMalnsiiilth?" said the doctor. "Thank
ion. My naine'K Honbnrrow. Tom Mon
borrow, medlcnl prne't loner. Everybody
known me. Look here, IMaliiKinith. If
Jrou knew our deceased friend intlnintely,
roit know how fond ho was of a Mttlo
'l!. . rti.i.1 Siiu an infinite look of
Jntnous cunning. Tho listener's heart
fairly rooked Within him, and Monbod
do's vacuous-looking eye saw how the
question had hit him.
"Now, look hero," mild the doctor,
"when I trust a man, I trust him. When
J don't, I don't. Now, I trust you,
l'lalnsmlth. There has been nonietlilng
queer about our deceased friend ever
flnco ho returned to England. There
mvo been people after him dangerous
people."
Tho Htrangur leaned forward to listen,
and the wily Monboddo made his speech
it times scurcely understandable, the bet
ter to assure himself of tho other's eager
ness. "Now," with a flourish that almost
lurched him from his chair, "what did
llioae people want? What docs this Jeth
roe Jones want? What does Harvey
Jethroo want? Harvey Jothroo's got
a million, haRii't ho? Isn't a million good
enough for anybody.? Now they're both
howling nbout what d'ye think? Come,
whnt d'ye think?"
' "Why, I suppose," said plain Mr.
Smith, "it's something they attach a
value to, if they're making a noise about
it."
"Yes." returned Monboddo, with a nud
den nnmirctit want, of interest in the
whole business. "I suppose it Is."
I "Here," said his friend, arousing him
with tho crook of tho walking stick.
'Don't you go off to sleep just as you're
getting to be such capital company.
Seemed cut up, did thoy?" said Mr,
Smith. "Any notion what they'd lost?'
"That's tellings," returned Monboddo
"But I know whero something is, and if
anybody know the use of It, I'd pay to
be tnught. You bet I should make n
echolnr."
"Why?" asked Mr. Smith. "What's It
worth?"
"Worth?" cried Monboddo. "Harvey
Jethroo wasn't a liar. lie said It was
worth millions nnd millions hundrmls of
millions. Here's Jcthroe Jones has got
wind of It. I don't know bow. Ho says
tho same. Here's Harvey Jethroe, heir
to his uncle's million, and he's weeping
mad, because " Monboddo paused
in full hnraniiue. "Ha. hat You thought
I was nW to let the cat out of tho bag
that time didn't you? Well, something's
lost. That's enough for you and me.
Isn't it? They're a mean-spirited pair,
or they'd offer a reward. Why, ten thou
and dollars wouldn't bo anything to
hem. It'd bo n lot to me."
"You know where to look for It, eh?"
old Mr. Smith. "Ah, you're a cunning
fellow, you are, and no mistake. You
don't let anybody walk around you, do
your'
"No, sir." rturned Monboddo, with a
euperb gravity, "I do not."
"Your jolly good health," said Mr.
Smith. "I hope 1 can nppreciate a gen
tleman when I meet ono, and I meet ono
here. A bright and shining ornament,
kir."
"Well," said Monboddo, "I'll trust you.
No. I won't."
Tho npprcclator of Mr. Monboddo's
eentllity glared as if ho could have
Wrung his friend's neck with pleasure,
but ho controlled himself.
"Well, doctor," ho contrived to say,
with some pretense of suavity, "I hap
pen to know what poor old .Tethroe's
Irishes were. You mentioned a game just
now. If what you know about lias got
inythlng to do with a game, I might
tell you what to do with It. I might
vcn like to buy It."
"Hundred millions' worth," said Mon
boddo, nodding like a sleepy owl. "Heap
V money, that."
"Do you know what to do with what
Jou'vo got? Look hero! don't you go to
lcep, you know, just ns you're getting so
Jntercstln'. Do you know whnt to do
With it?"
"Sell it. Jethroe," said Monboddo
"Jethroo junior, lie was crying about
.t last night. Blush for him. Crying
Itko n child."
"Pooh!" said Mr. Smith, "he won't
Ittyo ypu anything like value for it. You
trade with mo now, You let mo know
nrbnt it is, hnd I'll do a trado with you."
"All right," said Monboddo, "I'll show
yon. You wait hero."'
Ho walked from tho room with n
plightly unsteady gait, but once out of
tlcw ho became very much more sober
Ihnji.he commonly wns nt that hour of
the day, lie visited' his bedroom and re
turned, carrying n revolver nnd the
kntchel Jotbroe had given him tho day
before, with tho labors of tho ukillcd lith
bgraphlc nrthit within it.
CHAPTER. XVIH.
During MoubodoVu Absence, brief as
MURRAY
It was. iilaiu Mr. Smith was in n bun
dred different frames of mind, and bent
upon iiH many varying forms of action,
I'hc first, the most natural and the most !
.'iitlelng Idea, was to knock Monboddo
on tho head ho soon uu he had coiivinc- '
ed himself of the truth of the document
io carried nud to make a bolt for life ,
and fortune. Hut there were many ex ;
collcut reasons against this course of
conduct, Inviting ns It was. To rob Mon-I
boddo seemed at first sight a reasonable .
sort of proposition, but there were argil-
lneutB against even that. To achieve pos-
session by purchase unless every other
method of acquisition were proved Im
possible, did not evon occur to Mr. Smith.
To buy whnt could be had by fraud had
alwnys seemed to him a foolishness, Acl
'this way and that dividing the swift
mind," ho leaped to a plan which ho per
fected in his rogue s fancy at the very
nstant nt which Monboddo lurched back
uto the room. .
"Is that the article?" asked tho doc
tor thickly. Ho held the case tightly
nnd Jealously In both hands nud allowed
an Inch or two of the parchment to be
visible, with a fragment of n chess prob
lem, whero a rook stood on Its own
square with a knight beside It.
Plain Mr. Smith wns n man of re
source, but at the sight of this simple-
looking object his joints relaxed and Ills
lend swam and his eyes were dazzled. He
stretched out shaking hands toward it,
but Monboddo leered knowingly and drew
it further nwny.
Is it any good?" ho nsked.
Hood!" gasped his companion. "The
man who owns that nnd knows what it
means "
He was unable to finish his sentence
and broke off short with nn agitnted
groan. He made a great effort and pull
ed himself together.
"You needn't be nfrnld of me, doctor,"
he said. "I can tell you what to do with
that lot. Let me have n closer look
at It."
"So you' shall," said Monboddo. lie
was a great artist, and lie knew how, if
the stakes ho pretended to play for had
been real, the stress of this moment
would have braced and sobered him. "So
you shall. Hut this is business. Stand
over there."
The other obeyed word and gesture in
stautly, and hu and Monboddo were sep
arated by the length of tho room. The
doctor drew the revolver from his breast
pocket nud laid it before him on the ta
ttle. It was unloaded, but it looked as
imposing ne if them had been nix men's
lives within it, nnd Monboddo win not
fond of loaded firearms. He drew a
single leaf of parchment from tho
satchel, and then, taking the weapon in
his right hand, he held out the leaf.
"C'omu nnd tako tills," he said, "and
go back to look nt it."
Plain Mr. Smith advanced, looking
Monboddo in the eye. The doctor had
not tho apearaucc of a man who was
conspicuously brave, and plain Mr. Smith
was a blood-stained desperado, who had
carried Ills life in many lands ns men
in a spoou-raco carry an egg in a tea
spoon. He walked up to Monboddo very
slowly, quelling him with tils eyo ns he
advanced, nnd Monboddo's rubles lost
their vivid color and took tones of mauve
and magentn. And plain Mr. Smith
walked right up to the pistol barrel nnd
took the shaking leaf from Monboddo's
hand, and then, without u word, possess
ed himself of the satchel, which still lay
upon the table.
"Now," said he contemptuously, "we'll
hnve a look at these, and then we'll talk
business. Put that thing down," lie add
ed. Indicating the rovolver. "If it's load
ed you'll bo doing a mischief with it."
Ho stretched out his hand with such a
perfect coolness of mastery that Mon
boddo allowed him to seize nnd lake away
the weapon. Ho opened it nt the breech,
spun tho chambers, nnd seeing that it
wns empty, threw It to tho scat of an
armchair n yard or two away, and be
gan to examine the contents of the
SHtchel.
"Yes," ho said, "I've seen nil these be
fore. They're right enough."
He had been ns cool as it cucumber in
ills dotiauco of Monboddo's revolver, but
ho broke out in blotches of porsplratton,
nnd lils hand trembled visibly ns he linn-
died these little leaves of parchment,
which to Ills imagination gave their own
er tho cue to uncounted millions.
"Do you know what to do with these?"
he asked, and ho wns so brusque and in
tense that ho fairly frightened Monboddo,
who could think of nothing better to say
than thai he had, a sort of general Idea.
"A sort of a general reason ticket for an
Idiot asylum," said plain Mr. Smith. "Do
you know how to find the key to the
statement theso things have got for the
man who can understand 'cm?"
"Yes," snid Monboddo, "I know
enough." Ho heartened himself by a
great exercise of resolution. "I'll thank
you to give mo my property back again."
"All In good time," said plain Mr.
Smith. "You sit there, and don't you
trouble yourself."
So Monboddo sat nnd mused within
himsolf as to what ho should do with
tills bold and overbearing. adversary. Ho
had won in a measure. He had persuad
ed Jotliroe's pursuer that ho had found
tho thing of which ho had been so long
in search, and Monboddo was fairly Bat
laded, further, that tho man no longer
ddubted Je'throe'a death. But if he liad
perhaps succeeded In this enterprise so
far ns ills employer's interests wcro con
cerned, he had no doubt whatever as to
the completeness of blB fail tiro with re
irard to his own. Jethroo had signified
n means through which s few loose thou-
funds might be made by swindling tho
unprincipled. Plaiu Mr. Smith wn not
In the least likely to part with any thou
nnnds for what he held in his hand
already, and it began to aflllct Monboddo
to think tlint Mr. Smith might even de
tect tho fraud which had been played
upon him, nnd take personal vengeance
upon his ducelvcr. Ho wan, indeed,
bound to find out the truth Booncr or
later. Monboddo wondered why he had
1 not estimated this certainty at Its full
1 value earlier. He felt very, very sorry
for himself nnd ho wept a few tears. It
was his time of day for being low-spir-
ited, for ono thing.
"I'll tell you what." said plain Mr.
Smith: "you and me'll go up to Chicago
together and get nn expert to solve those
problems. Here's n plan of tho chess
board with the key -n it. When w: vc
got tho message plain and straight we 11
go out to South America together."
"How do you know it's South Amcr
ica asked Monboddo.
"Oh!" his companion ailawcrcd with
a jeer. "I've known that much a year
or two. hen shall you be ready to
come to Chicago?"
"Hut I don't want to go," said Mon
boddo tearfully. "I want my property
back again, Unit's what 1 want."
"You can please yourself, you know,"
said Mr. Smith. "I'm going, ami I'm go
ing to-night. I shall start by tho mid
night mall."
"If you don't :ive me my property,"
said Monboddo, handkerchief in hand nnd
tears in full How, "I shall call in the po
lice." "Oh, denr, no," said Mr. Smith. "You
won't do that, you know, because you
stole this property yourself."
"No, I didn't," wept Monboddo. "It
wns given to me. I nionn I found it.",
"Well, now," said plain Mr. Smith,
"it's been given to me I mean I found
it and I'm going to stick to it til! I get
It translated."
"Then," snld Monbodi'i, "I'm going to
make a clean breast of it, and tell rela
tives of deceased."
"Hold on there!" snld Mr. Smith, seiz
ing him ns lie began to lurch away.
"You release me, sir!" exclaimed Mon
boddo, with tragic dignity. "I am going
to do my duty to honorable family.
They're ready to give ten thousand down
In ready money. That's Inducement to
nny hont-st man to do his duty."
"You sit down and talk business," said
Mr. Smith. "How do you know whether
I'm willing to pay until we've had a
chance of talking things over?"
I am going to do my duty," said Mon
boddo, and by this time ho was really
persuaded that he was on Ins way to a
noble action. He waved the adversary
aside, and made for the door, but Mr.
Smith suddenly laid hands upon htm. and
by an une.vicctd display of agility and
strength Hung htm into an armchair,
where he sat down so hurriedly nnd
heavily that ho left his wits behind him.
The chair must have been nn unusually
solid piece of furniture, for except that
It recoiled a foot or two under .Monnoit
do's impetus, it was unaffected by his
plunge into it. But Monboddo himself
wns absolutely as indifferent ns tho chnir.
Ho made not a movement and gave no
sign of life for a quite considerable num
ber of seconds, during which plain Mr.
Smith stood watching and listening with
bared teeth and gleaming eyes. Then the
half-recumbent figure heaved one great
sigh; the limbs and hands began to dis
pose themselves as if for slumber. Wheth
er Monboddo thought nt nil of this rough
nnd novel method of being put to bed or
no, he gave no sign, nnd in a minute lie
was snoring softly like a man who might
practice one dei'p and vibrating note on
the violoncello over and over again. Mr.
Smith still watched and listened until
lie wns persuaded that Monboddo was
really and truly asleep. Then ho gath
ered up tho leaves of parchment, Insert
ed them in good order In the satchel, be
stowed all in n roomy pocket nnd left
the sleeper to his sleep.
CHAPTER XIX.
Jethroe laughed like a tornado when
Monboddo told the story, or partially
told the story, of his own discomfiture.
The doctor strove to enlarge upon his
own cunning, upon the resource and arti
fice bo had dlsnlaved. but It was all of
no nvnll to stay Jethroe's mirth, nnd tho
big man laughed until ho was fairly
tired.
"But now," he said, nt length, "this
lets mo through. I start for town this
morning, nnd I want you with me, Har
vey. Good-by, Monboddo; 1 am really
very sorry for you. If you played your
cards properly you might have had nn
easy two thousand out of Mr. Smith.
But cheer up, doctor; you haven't mndo
a bad thing oi it nftcr nil. We must
turn to nnd pack, Harvey."
That afternoon saw them in Chicago.
Jethroe took qulot lodgings, nnd his
nephew, ncting on Instructions, went back
to ills hotel nnd waited there. He hi
not long to wait, for on the following
morning there came a telegram fron.
Jethroo, Instructing him to draw tn
thousand dollars, to pnek for n voyair
nnd to proceed to Now York. He obv
ed without question; he had long slroe
ceased to question, for ho seemed to hn
been taken by a tide he hnd no power
resist. His uncle was beforehand wl1
htm at New York.
"Wo sail to-morrow for Rio Janeiro,'
said Jethroe. "In seven weeks froir
4V wo shall bo at our journey's end;
ufid you will see what only one white
man's eyes have seen before you, the
greatest storehouse of riches in tin
world. Thnt gang of thieves and mur
derers is all gathered together in Chi
cago, Harvey. They aro working out
tho problems." IIo laughed In his bols
terous way. "Wo have a clear field, and
if they track us thoy enn be made wel
come. . l' hnve one method of welcome
they don't dream of."
(To bo continued.)
CouMn't He'TTTtT
"If I'm so horrid, whnt Induced yoa
to marry me?"
"You did." Covolnnd Lender
GOOD
i Snort Qtofiesl
H:-t-hMt-rMl'':-H''r4'
At tho closing exorcises of u Syra
miso school, n little girl -wnB nsked:
'Who la the head of our government?"
'Mr. Roosevelt," she replied, promptly.
'Thnt is right," said the teacher, "hut
vhut is tils ofllclnl title?" "Teddy!"
responded the little miss, proudly.
During President ITurrlman's visit
to Cheyenne, Frank Jones, the yonng
ton of Chief Clerk D. A. Jones, of the
amster-mcchnnic's oftlce, was sent to
lis prtvnto car with a telegram. Mr.
Harrlmnn, attracted by the lad's bright
lomeanor, said: "What do you do?"
I'm one 'f th' directors 'f tli' Union
Pnctilc." "What!" exclaimed Mr. Hnr
Iman. "Yep, I dlree' envelopes over t'
th' uinBter-meclHinie'B olllce," was the
'nconlc reply.
Apropos of the rocent examination
leason at Oxford, a particularly good
itory of Oscar Wilde is being told. At
lis viva vocetrlul at Magdalen, "Wilde
vas asked to translate a page or two
f the New Testament, -which tho ex
unlner suspected would puzzle him.
S'ot so, however, for the future author
ipoued tho book and apparently wlth
ut any dlirtculty began to translate
the passngc about St. Peter walking
n the waters. "That will do nicely,"
mid the examiner, after n verso or two
bad been beautlft:"..y rendered. But
IVlldo raised a deprecating finger.
Hush," ho said. "I wish to see If the
tmtlcman Is drowned."
As the liner cleared tho heads and
tho heavy swell of the open Atlantic
became noticeable, dinner -was served.
The twenty-six plncos at tho captain's
table were filled, nnd ns tho soup ap
peared, tho captain addressed his ta
ble companions. "I trust that nil twen-ty-flvo
of you will have a pleasant
trip," ho said, "and that this little as
semblage of twenty-four will reach
port much benefited by the voyage. I
ook upon thep twenty two smiling
faces as a father upon his family, for
f am responsible for the lives of this
iroup of nineteen. I hope all fourteen
of you will join mo later in drinking
to n merry trip. I believe, we seven
fellow-passengers- are admirably suited
to each other, and T applaud tho Judg
ment which chose from the passengcr
list these three persons for my table.
You and I, my dear sir, are " The
captain chuckled. "Here, steward,
bring on my fish and clear away these
dishes."
The late Secretary of State John
Hay was fond of tolling a story of o
king who once upon a time fell into
a state of deep melancholia. Court phy
sicians could do nothing for him, nnd
were In despair, when a certain very
wise man bethought Himself of the
well-known euro of sleeping in the
shirt of a perfectly happy man over
night. So couriers were dispatched ev
erywhere In search of the shirt of a
pertecuy nappy man. uno Dy ono
they returned from their fruitless
search throughout the vast kingdom.
At last only ono courier remained out,
md lie, too, began to despair of finding
the shirt of a perfectly happy man. It
was just about twilight, and ho was
rlillng over a village green, when ho
was attracted by the curoIcs3 laughter
of a dlsreputablo beggar who was
stretched full length upon the sward.
"Aro you a perfectly lfnppy man?" de
manded the courier, reining In his
horse. "I am," said tho bccjrnr. "A
thousand crowns for the loan of your
shirt!" "But I haven't uny," replied
the beggar.
STORY OF THE CLOVER.
Hie l'nitilUnr Field Flower Not n
Nuttvc of Thin Country.
To the averago man it is usually
something of a surprlso to learn that
there are more sorts of clover than
two tho red and tho white, enya the
Philadelphia Record. As a matter of
fact, eight or nine varieties, of various
hues, are common In fields and by tho
roadside in the neighborhood of Phila
delphia, all of them Immigrants from
the old world. Tho few species that
are native to tho United States are
:hlelly western in their range.
The pretty white or Dutch clover,
Df creeping habit, which is a favorite
for lawns and places where a closo,
smooth turf Is desirable, has a tall
cousin known as alsiko, or Swedish
clover, which Is ono of tho most
charming of wayside blooms. It is ills
tlguished from tho white clover by Its
upright habit and the color of the
flower heads, which aro usually moro
or less (lushed with pink.
Practically useless for pasture, but
lovely as a nonegay, Is tho yellow, or
hop clover, so called because of tho
resemblance of Its Howers to hops. In
ngo tho flowers lose tho brilliant yel
low of their prime and. change through
ton3 of bronze to a worm chestnut
brown, which is very charming.
Another cpeclcs for which tho farm
er has no respect, and which Is com
mon on lean land, to one with gtay
udt green leaflets like Uny ollvo lenvos,
uuil oblong bends of dun flowers,
-which are all but concealed fey a clonk
of long silky hairs. Common through
ont Europe and western Asia, It la
known In half a dozen languages by
names that all mean "rabbit's foot;'
and rabbit's foot clover we call it hero.
It Js believed to have been brought to
tho West Indies by Spanish explorer!
prior to JB47, nnd thence has spread
well over our country.
Best known of all tho trefoils Is tha
common meadow or red clover, whose
fat round heads of magenta bloom dot
every summer mead. Beloved of men
from t;mo lmcmorlal a rcature In thcli
festivals and In mystic rites, Its valui
to tho agriculturist seems not to hav
been recognized until nbout tho six
teenth century, when Its cultivation
was first begun. During tho mlddla
ages it was reputed cfllcaclous against
the wiles of witches, nnd knight and
peasant alike wore tho clover loaf at
a charm. Tho popular association of
tho four-parted leaf with good luclt
dates from tho saino ancient time.
v.hen tho cross formed by tho foui
leaflets was held to Imply somewhat
of supernatural virtue resident therein.
Such a clover leaf was believed to
mako tho possessor capable of doloct
lug evil spirits; to Insure safe return
from journeys; to Induco dreams of
one's sweetheart and various sorts of
pleasant fortune.
The fondness of bees for clovoi
flowers Is well known. Tho vl"" of
those nectar hunters probably 8uL.oaC
ed tho old Anglo-Saxon name for th
red clover, which was "honeysuckle,"
a term still current In rural England,
and synonymous, doubtless, with Shalt
spcaro's "honeystalks."
The showiest of all our trefoils h
the crimson or Italian clover, -which la
recent years has become frequent as i
crop in Pennsylvania fields. It to e
nntlve of Italy and southern France.
Tho flowers are not in round hoads.
like tho red clover, but in long spikes
of so fiery a color as to have attracted
tho attention of flower growers, who
employ tho plant at tlmca ns a decora
tive annual In tho flower garden.
A MEETING WITH "B.ll."
"Some years ago I was ordered t
take a long rest," said a man, quoted
by the Washington Star. "I journeyed
as far Bast as New Brunswick In
search of a good place, nnd being In
St. John when nn old fisherman frlond
of mine was getting ready to mako a
voyage to New York, I took a sudden
notion to go with him.
"Tho -weather wns bad all the way,
and when we entered the Sound you
couldn't see the conipanlonwny from
tho wheel. I never Baw such n fog. 1
was on deck with tho old man -when
wo entered the Sound. lie was stand
log by the wheel. Suddenly I saw him
lean over and bawl:
" 'Sloop a-ho-o-nyl'
"I didn't hear a thing to Indicate th
proximity of a sloop or nny thing else
but those old fishermen from tho Prov
inces have a faculty of seeing things
in airy kind of weather.
"Tho old mon gave his attention to'
tho wheel, and presently I heard a
faint cry off In tho fog.
"Schooner a-ho-oo-oy!'
"The old man Htraightencd up nnd
bawled:
" 'Is that the Lucy Ann?'
"Again the silence for a momont
and then faint and weak came tho an
swer: "Ayc, aye! Is that th' Mandy
Jane?'
" 'Aye, ayol' bawled our skipper, and
ho twirled tho -wheel, lie never lock
ed my way, and for a tlmo I thought
hhn unconscious of my presence. After
fifteen minutes of silence ho suddenly
turned with an emphatic nod of hU
head toward that section of the foff
from which tho answering hall had
come, nnd said:
" 'That was mo Brother Bill. I alnl
seen him beforo for a year.' Then ha
went on with his steering no If noth
ing hnd happened."
A Soliool Girl's Runny.
Tho following extract from a school
girl's essay cornea from a high school
Iti India, and was published In tin
monthly magazine of the school: "Kins
Henry 8, wan tho greatest wldowoJ
that ever lived. IIo was born at Anna
Domino In the year TOGO. IIo had 51 C
wives, besides children. Tho 1st was
beheaded, tho 2d was revoked. Shot
never smiled again. She said tin
word 'Calais' would be found on hoi
heart, after her death. Tho greatest
man In this reign was Lord Sir Garrett
Wolsey. IIo was Blrnamcd tho Boy
Bachelor. IIo was born at tho ago of
fifteen unmarried. Henry 8 was suc
ceeded on tho throne by his great
Grand Mother, tho beautiful nnd ac
complished Mary Queen of Scots,
sometimes known no tho Lady of tho
Lake, or tlio Lay of tho Last Mln
strel."
Canso nml Knct,
"It was eating "so muclf candy thai
made mo plump," explained the obari
mold.
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"that (recounts for tho tweet wtsgt
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