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He poured out another finger of whiskey, but forgot to drink it A

canary-bird chirped loudly, then lapsed into a sleepy twitter

"I ell rid of hi like that--a

joke, as you ht

of it A fellow of twenty-four--spanked! Why didn't he swear and be

done with it? I would have reproved hi persons is a thing I will not tolerate; Simmons

will tell you so But it would have cleared the air If he had done

that, we'd have been laughing about it, now;--he and I, together" The

old man suddenly put both hands over his face, and a broken sound came

from behind them

Dr Lavendar shook his head, speechlessly

"What's theoff his

hat and banging it down on the table so fiercely that the crown

collapsed on one side like an accordion "Good God! Can't you see the

tos?"

Dr Lavendar was silent

"What! You excuse hi, parsons believed in the Ten

Commandments; 'Honor thy father and thy mother--'"

"There is another scripture which saith, 'Fathers, provoke not your

children to wrath' And when it comes to the Commandments, I would