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? ? ? ? "Well, guess," he says.

? ? ? ? "How'm I going to guess," says I, "when I never heard tell about it before?"

? ? ? ? "But you can guess, can't you? It's just as easy."

? ? ? ? "Which candle?" I says.

? ? ? ? "Why, any candle," he says.

? ? ? ? "I don't know where he was," says I; "where was he?"

? ? ? ? "Why, he was in the dark! That's where he was!"

? ? ? ? "Well, if you knowed where he was, what did you ask me for?"

? ? ? ? "Why, blame it, it's a riddle, don't you see? Say, how long are you going to stay here? You got to stay always. We can just have booming times- they don't have no school now. Do you own a dog? I've got a dog- and he'll go in the river and bring out chips that you throw in.


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