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He took out his greasy handfe says the " Boston Courier," ami menced wiping off the sweat and ton were making ruts through.thetlii adhered to his stricken face. Mr, I said, " Old woman been -.hanji again 1" And he answered: "Hi tuffer'n rubber I should have b corpse 'fore now. Durned ef I doil I'se deef or suthin. I don't get nij nowhere. I' got ter go clear up tetS Auburn ter day and plumb up It husband's gravestones. Sheginmji foot rule ter measure from her thin! band's restin' place ter Baylie'styl ef there's room miff to deposit m mains. Cuss sich business! ll significant and makes me uneasy, doggoned tongue is frightful. Jai, jaw, 'bout suthin' the whole time, day night she sot her claws into is and I'll be blessed if she'd leg Hackett's wife gin her ether!" i old man drove the stopper into ii oysters and went out and slamif door. Mi'. Teague remarked: "Pi Pratt has got himself inter a difficnfe ef he don't put on immortality andt shroud lesson one year I'm 3 h knowed the old woman 'fore k t her, and she's a peeler, you bet,"
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 75, 18 July 1876, Page 2
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195HARD LINES. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 75, 18 July 1876, Page 2
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