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The Attache

CHAPTER XV
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DINING OUT.
My visit to Germany was protracted beyond the period I had originally designed; and, during my absence, Mr.Slick had been constantly in company, either "dining out" daily, when in town, or visiting from one house to another in the country.
I found him in great spirits.

He assured me he had many capital stories to tell me, and that he rather guessed he knew as much of the English, and a leetle, jist a leetle, grain more, p'raps, than they knew of the Yankees.
"They are considerable large print are the Bull family," said he; "you can read them by moonlight.

Indeed, their faces ain't onlike the moon in a gineral way; only one has got a man in it, and the other hain't always.

It tante a bright face; you can look into it without winkin'.
It's a cloudy one here too, especially in November; and most all the time makes you rather sad and solemncoly.


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