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The Octopus

CHAPTER I
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"It was not there.

I could tell.
They were married over again at the Mission San Juan de Guadalajara--OUR Mission--and for a week all the town of Guadalajara was in fete.

There were bull-fights in the Plaza--this very one--for five days, and to each of his tenants-in-chief, De La Cuesta gave a horse, a barrel of tallow, an ounce of silver, and half an ounce of gold dust.

Ah, those were days.
That was a gay life.

This"-- he made a comprehensive gesture with his left hand--"this is stupid." "You may well say that," observed Presley moodily, discouraged by the other's talk.


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