? ? ? ? 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 it 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 hand and smiled proud. The doctor says:
? ? ? ? "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.
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