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The Daughter of Anderson Crow

CHAPTER XXXVI
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Mr.Barnes is goin' to England next week to help settle the matter for Lady Rosalie.

He says she's got nearly a million dollars tied up some'eres.

It's easy sailin', though, 'cause Mrs.Banks says so.

Did you hear what Rosalie said when she got convinced about bein' an English lady ?" "No; what did she say ?" "She jest stuck up that derned little nose o' hern an' said: 'I am an American as long as I live.'" "Hooray!" shouted Alf Reesling, throwing Isaac Porter's new hat into the air.

The crowd joined in the cheering.
"Did I ever tell you how I knowed all along that it was a man who left Rosalie on the porch ?" asked Anderson.
"Why, you allus told me it was a woman," said Alf.


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