The Gilded Age


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What is your business?"  
Well--I haven't got any particular business."  
Haven't any particular business, eh? Well, what's your general  
business? What do you do for a living?"  
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I own some terriers, sir."  
Own some terriers, eh? Keep a rat pit?"  
Gentlemen comes there to have a little sport. I never fit 'em, sir."  
Oh, I see--you are probably the amusement committee of the city council.  
Have you ever heard of this case?"  
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Not till this morning, sir."  
Can you read?"  
Not fine print, y'r Honor."  
The man was about to be sworn, when Mr. Braham asked,  
"Could your father read?"  
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