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The Attache

CHAPTER XII
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The magistrates ought to see to that; it ain't right, when folks assemble that way to worship, to be a-sellin' of rum; and gin, and brandy, and spirits, is it ?' "'I don't mean that,' sais he, 'although, p'rhaps, there was too much of that wicked traffic too, I mean the preachin'.

It was very peeowerful; there was "_many sinners saved_." "'I guess there was plenty of room for it,' sais I, 'onless that neighbourhood has much improved since I knowed it last.' "'It's a sweet thing,' sais he.

'Have you ever "_made profession_," Mr.
Slick ?' "'Come,' sais I to myself, 'this is cuttin' it rather too fat.

I must put a stop to this.

This ain't a subject for conversation with such a cheatin', cantin', hippocrytical skunk as this is.


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