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The Mystery of Metropolisville

CHAPTER XVIII
12/18

He did not he! he! The joyful keys and the cheerful ten-cent coins lay in his pocket with no loving hand to rattle them.

He did not indulge in double-shuffles.

He sang no high-toned negro-minstrel songs.

He smoked steadily and solemnly, and he drank steadily and solemnly.

His two clerks were made to tremble.


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