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Mary Jane straightened herself up, and my, but she was handsome! She

says:

"Here is my answer." She hove up the bag of money and put it in the

king's hands, and says, "Take this six thousand dollars, and invest for me and

my sisters any way you want to, and don't give us no receipt for it."

Then she put her arm around the king on one side, and Susan and the hare-

lip done the same on the other. Everybody clapped their hands and stomped on

the floor like a perfect storm, whilst the king held up his head and smiled proud.

The doctor says: ssssssssss

"All right, I wash my hands of the matter. But I warn you all that a time's

coming when you're going to feel sick whenever you think of this day" -- and

away he went. ssssssssss

"All right, doctor," says the king, kinder mocking him, "we'll try and get

'em to send for you" -- which made them all laugh, and they said it was a prime

good hit. ssssssssss

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