The American Claimant


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What is it?"  
His father was a wax-figger."  
Allen came strolling by where the pair were sitting; stopped, and said to  
the tinner;  
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How are you off for friends, these days?"  
Well enough off."  
Got a good many?"  
Well, as many as I need."  
A friend is valuable, sometimes--as a protector, you know. What do you  
reckon would happen if I was to snatch your cap off and slap you in the  
face with it?"  
"Please don't trouble me, Mr. Allen, I ain't doing anything to you."  
"You answer me! What do you reckon would happen?"  
"Well, I don't know."  
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