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with that trunk--she said it was nearly certain to be stolen."
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Why?"
Why? Why, aren't trunks always being stolen?"
Well, yes--some kinds of trunks are."
Very well, then; this is some kind of a trunk--and an almighty rare
kind, too."
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Yes, I believe it is."
Well, then, why shouldn't a man want to steal it if he got a chance?"
Indeed I don't know.--Why should he?"
Washington, I never heard anybody talk like you. Suppose you were a
thief, and that trunk was lying around and nobody watching--wouldn't you
steal it? Come, now, answer fair--wouldn't you steal it?
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Well, now, since you corner me, I would take it,--but I wouldn't
consider it stealing.
"You wouldn't! Well, that beats me. Now what would you call stealing?"
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