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Ramsey Milholland

CHAPTER IV
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"You look here! Who you callin' 'pups' ?" "Everybody!" Wesley hotly returned.

"Everybody that hasn't got any more decency than to go around mentioning ladies' names on the public streets.

Everybody that goes around mentioning ladies' names on the public streets are pups!" "They are, are they ?" Ramsey as hotly demanded.

"Well, you just look here a minute; my own father mentions my mother's name on the public streets whenever he wants to, and you just try callin' my father a pup, and you won't know what happened to you!" "What'll _you_ do about it ?" "I'll put a new head on you," said Ramsey.

"That's what I'll do, because anybody that calls my father or mother a pup--" "Oh, shut up! I wasn't talking about your ole father and mother.


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