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Elbow-Room

CHAPTER XXIII
10/21

I don't blame you; I used to be that way before I lost my home-made leg.
But you fix yourself with this artificial extremity, and then what do you care for dogs?
If a million of 'em come at you, what's the odds?
You merely stand still and smile, and throw out your spare leg, and let 'em chaw, let 'em fool with that as much as they're a mind to, and howl and carry on, for you don't care.

An' that's the reason why I say that when I reflect on how imposing you'd be as the owner of such a leg I feel like saying that if you insist on offering only a dollar and a half for it, why, take it; it's yours.

I'm not the kinder man to stand on trifles.

I'll take it off and wrap it up in paper for you; shall I ?" "I'm sorry," said Brown, "but the fact is I have no use for it.

I've got two good legs already.


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