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He hesitated and stared at his lint of eye Forrest nodded
"Oh Joy hihed in appreciation "Oh Joy is a josher A good naot to think another naood na in his consciousness so that he recognized the source of Oh My's inspiration
"Very well The boy's nah the French s, and as swiftly returned with the rest of Forrest's clothes-gear, helping hi a tie around his neck for his and spurs A Baden Powell hat and a quirt co--the quirt, Indian- braided of rawhide, with ten ounces of lead braided into the butt that hung from his wrist on a loop of leather
But Forrest was not yet free Oh My handed him several letters, with the explanation that they had coone to bed He tore the right-hand ends across and glanced at the contents of all but one with speed The latter he dwelt upon for aout the phonograph from the wall, pressed the button that made the cylinder revolve, and swiftly dictated, without ever a pause for word or idea: "In reply to yours of March 14, 1914, I a cholera I ae me with the responsibility And just as equally am I sorry that the boar we sent you is dead
"I can only assure you that we are quite clear of cholera here, and that we have been clear of cholera for eight years, with the exception of two Eastern i to our custoated on arrival and were destroyed before the contagion could be communicated to our herds
"I feel that I e the sellers with having sent me diseased stock On the contrary, as you should know, the incubation of hog cholera being nine days, I consulted the shipping dates of the animals and knew that they had been healthy when shipped
"Has it ever entered your ely responsible for the spread of cholera? Did you ever hear of a railroad fu a car which had carried cholera? Consult the dates: First, of shipment by me; second, of receipt of the boar by you; and, third, of appearance of symptoms in the boar As you say, because of washouts, the boar was five days on the way Not until the seventh day after you receipted for same did the first symptoms appear That makes twelve days after it left my hands