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stepped into a store on Broadway one day, where he bought a handkerchief,
and when the man could not make change, Mr. B. said:
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Never mind, I'll hand it to you in Paris."
But I am not going to Paris."
How is--what did I understand you to say?"
I said I am not going to Paris."
Not going to Paris! Not g---- well, then, where in the nation are you
going to?"
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Nowhere at all."
Not anywhere whatsoever?--not any place on earth but this?"
Not any place at all but just this--stay here all summer."
My comrade took his purchase and walked out of the store without a word
-walked out with an injured look upon his countenance. Up the street
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apiece he broke silence and said impressively: "It was a lie--that is my
opinion of it!"
In the fullness of time the ship was ready to receive her passengers.
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