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POETRY.
Annie and Wmie’a Prayer.
’Twas the eve before Christmas. “Good
night" had been said.
And Annie and Willie had crept into bed;
There were tears on their pillows, and tears
in their eyes,
And each little bosom was heaving with
sighs,
For to-night their stern father’s command
had been given,
That they should retire precisely at seven
Instead of at eight; for t%_ troubled him
more
XVith euestions unheard of than ever before.
He toU mem he thought this delusion a
sin »
>.« such being as “Santa Claus” ever had
""’iSZSiXZ And
this was the reason that two little
l lea( * s
So restlessly toss'll on their soft downy
Eiglit—■rune—ami the dock on the steeple
toll’d ten;
Kota word had been spoken between them
till then;
When Willie’s sad face from the blanket
did peep,
Aud whispered “Dear Annie, is you fast
asleep?”
'' n ‘rX Ma W ‘ m ~ ‘
ror somehow it nurne^ nitr,—,—„
DMr ks said s „
”" there is no “Santa
"
‘ ST * tt ‘ ld U Cant 10
For lie came every year before mamma
died.
But then I've been thinking that she used
to pray.
And God would hear everything mamma
would say.
And perhaps she asked Him to send “Santa
Claus" here,
With the sack full of presents he brought
every year.”
“Well, why can’t we pray dest as mamma
did then,
And ask Dod to send him with presents
aden ?”
“I've bee/li thinking so, too"—and without a
word mere
Tour pttleTjar-e feet bovimHi.l out on tne
floor,
And two tiny hands were clasped to each
breast.
“Now, Willie, you know, we must firmly
believe
Thai me presents wc ask for we're sure to
receive;
You must wait just as still till I say the
“Amen,”
And by that you will know that your turn
has come (lien.”
“Deal Jesus, look down on my brother and
me.
And grant us the favor we’re asking of
Thee,
I want a wax dolly, ,1 tea-set and ring,
.
And an ebony xror&-*? x Bmt shuts with a
spring;
Bless papa, dear Jesus, and cause him to
see.
That “Santa C'iaus” loves us far better than
be,
Don’t let him get fretful and angry again
At dear brother Willie and Annie—Amen!”
4 'Please, Desus, ’et ‘Santa Taus’ turn down
to-night
And bring us some presents before it Is
ight ;
I want he should dive me a nice little sled,
With bright shining runners, and all paint¬
ed ’ed—
A box full of tandy, a book and a toy,
Amen, and thenDesus, I’ll be a dood boy.”
Their prayers being ended, they raised up
their heads,
And with hearts light and cheerful, again
sought their beds.
They were soon lost in slumber, both peace¬
ful and deep,
And with fairies in Dreamland were roam¬
ing in sleep.
Eight—nine—and the little French clock
had struck ten
Ere the father had thought of his children
a S a ' n -
He seems now to hear Annie’s half-sup
pressed sigh,
11 6 ,g ( ‘ ars s an m 1 16 s
blimeye
“I was harsh with mv darlincs ” he men
tally said,
“And 1 should not have sent them so early
■
to bed;
But, then I was troubled, my feelings found
vent -
Fur tank *»! to-d.y to. gon. do,n ten
per cent.
w. «„o,„. ttiey'.e totg.t.en ttott
troubles ere this,
And that X denied them the thrice asked for
kiss;
But just to make sure, I’ll steal up to their
door,
For I never spoke harsh to my darlings be¬
fore.”
So saying, he softlv ascended the stairs.
And arrived at the door, to hear both their
prayers;
His Annie’s “bless papa,” draws forth the
big tears,
And Willie’s grave promise falls sweet on
his ears.
“Strange, strange, I’d forgotten," said he,
with a sigh,
“How l longed, when a child, to have
Christmas draw nigh.
™ ‘“”7" ' ' ‘"*" aly
“By answering their prayers ere I sleep in
my bed ”
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vol. I.
Then lie turn'd to the stairs, and softly
Thm e e ' r- iPpers *" d . Sl k dressing ,
K-»S MW. .»d
the Street—
A millionaire—facing the coM, driving
sleet;
Not stopped he until he had bought
° f candy, the tiny gold ring;
his store
1 outnumbered a
score
Then homeward he turned, with his holi
day load,
And with Aunt Mary's help in the nursery
’twas stowed ;
Miss dolly was seated beseath a pine tree,
By the side of a table spread out for her
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A soldier, in uniform, stood by a sled
“With bright sliiuing runners, and all paint
ed red.”
There were balls, dogs and horses, books
pleasing to see,
And birds of all colors were perched in the
tree;
While “Santa Claus,’* laughing, stood up
in the top,
As if getting ready more presents to drop,
And as the fond father the picture surveyed,
lie tho't for his trouble he'd lieen amply
w to himsdf, aa lie tru.hod off a
rve n^re true pleasure Ilian ever
befor<
"'hat care Iifhnnk stock fell ten per cent.
Hereafter, I’ll make it a rule, Lbelieve.
To have "Santa C’laus” visit us each Christ¬
mas eve.”
So thinking, he gently extinguished the
light,
And tripped down stnirs to retire for tlie
night.
As soon as the beams of tlie bright morning
sun
PfH u ,ie , aikness , v . , to flight, l( and the stars
Four little bluesycs out of sleep opened
Wide,
And at the same, moment the presents
their lids they c,r r
And the very gifts pray'd for were all of
" m ,,UM ''
They laughed and they cried, in their inno¬
cent glee,
And shouted for “Papa" to come quick and
see
What presents “Santa Claus" blo t in the
night—
(Just the things that they -wanted), and left
before light;
And . now,” added Annie, in voice soft and
,ow -
“You'll believetlicre’sa *SantaClaus,'Papa,
I know
While dear little Willie climbed up on his
knee,
Detel‘'r uic ^ ho secret between them should
*>c. 1
And told hi soft wi,lepers how Annie ha.'
said
That their blessed mama, so long ago dead,
Used to kneel down and pray by the side of
her chair,
And that God up in Heaven had answered
her prayer ; ’and
“Deu we dot up prayed just as well as
we could,
And God answered our prayer, now wasn’t
lie flood!”
“I should say he was if He sent you all these*
And knew just what presents my children
would please,
(‘Well, well, let him think so, the dear little
elf,
’T-vould be cruc-l to tell him I did it my¬
self.’ ”)
Blind father ! who caused your stern heart
to relent
And the hasty words spoken so soon to re*
pent?
'Twas the Being who bade you steal softly
upstairs.
And made you IHs agent to answer their
prayers.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
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by a new york merchant.
tu.,,,,. ll . . . . , r
ho nours ’ ana slooa eleven to one. ine
case was a very plain , one, at least we
* boug^y“ttT«t^ eV ™ ‘‘“'f'* ^ 'dtod!
to
circumstances . , pointed ...... to the prisoner’s
guilt with unfailing certainty.
The recusant juror had stood out from
the first. He acknowledged the cogency
of the proofs, confessed his inability to
reconcile the facts with the defendant’s
innocence, and yet, on every vote, went
stead By for acquittal. His conduct was
inexplicable. It could not result from a
lack of intelligence ; for, while he spoke
but little, his words were well chosen,
and evinced a through understanding
of the case.
Though still in the prime of manhood,
his looks were prematurely white, and
hjg face wore a giugi^^y S ad and
thoughtful expression He series might be
one of those ttto entered to
to the right of society to inflict the death
penalty. But no, it was not that : for.
Crawfordyille, Georgia, Decpoiber 21, 1877.
in reply to such a suggestion, he frankly
admitted that brutal men, like the
vicious brutes they resemble, must be
of death, the y™*l. f.»r, terror, ana is, .1,.. in M
supreme many
(:lassC8 > Die only adequate restraint.
At the prospect of another night of
fruitless imprisonment, we began to
grow impatient, and expostulated warm
ly against what seemed an unreasonable
captiousnoss; and some not over kind
remarks were indulged in ;VJ to th0 im _
PTOP™ty of trifling with an oath like
that under which we were acting.
“And yet,” the man answered, as
though communing with himself, rather
than repelling the imputation, “it is
conscience that hinders my concurrence
d™
follow judgment.”
“But here she cau know no other
guide.”
“I once would have said the same.”
“And what has changed b J your opin
i<m
xpenence.
The speaker’s manner was visibly
agitated, and we waited in silence the
explanation which he seemed ready to
give. Mastering his emotion, as if in
*»** “ «
just beginning life. lew had brighter
prospects, and none blighter hopes. An
attachment, dating from childhood, had
yerbal with declaration its object. There^iad been
no anil acceptance of
love—no formal blighting of troth ; but
when I took my departure to seek a
home In the distant West, it was a thing
understood that when I had found it
and put it in order she was to share it.
Life in the forest, though solitary, is
not necessarily lonesome. The kind of
society afforded by Nature, depends
much on one’s self. As for me I
“me in the. future, than in the
aurt Hop® 18 an evei-cheerful
At length t he time came for making the
final paynent on the h,|me which I l,r.d
^hl h^vforvyunl l a
si„,j7lh dwelling, which J bad spared no
ijains to render inviting, would be graced
iiu i.inn office oince, which which was was some some
sixty miles off, I met my old friend,
George C . f lie, too, had come to seek
bis fortune in tlie West; and we were
both delighted at the meeting. lie
brought with him, he said,. a sum of
money which lie desired to invest in
on which it was his nurnose i -G to to set set- ;
’ 1 • •
,. / T d sU tl
e ' eX1 ’ reSS f a '°"S wisl ‘ > have
11111 for ; 1 “eighboi, an,l gave him a cor
dial,nv,tat,onto accompany me home,
IC 35 n) > relief that he could no
t/'.Wcl^T that vicimty. a b lie TT U<, ‘ readily S( ! e ? tl0n consented, lImn In j
and we sot out together. We had not i
ridden uluny mdeP ’ J]“ w j len en George ge
suddenly lecollectcd a commission . , . ho
llad undertaken for a friend, which
would require his attendance at a pub
Ho land sale on the following day Ex
actiug a promise that ho would not delay
his visit longer than necessary, and liav
ing given minute directions as to the
mn . ( , t continued mv wav lioinpwaril
' ' ’
. .. . t . , .
“I was ‘ about retiring C to bed 7 on the
from without called’tne to the door. A
stranger asked shelter for himself and
his horse for the night I invited Him
in . ' Though a sftaimcr ? ’ his face seemed
no t uufarnaUiM: . lU w a8 pvobably oue
of m the yie men men Iliad Iliad seen seen at at thelandoffiee thelandoffice—
a place, at that time, much frequented,
Offering him a seat, I went to see liis
horse. The poor animal, as well as I
could see by the dim starlight, seemed
to have been hardly used, liis panting
sides bore witness of merciless riding ;
a n<1 ? trema}o “® shrinking, at the
slightest , , toucli, betokened recent fright.
On re-entering the house, J found the
stranger was not there. liis absence
eXCited n ° SUr ?r ■* he TSf d0Hbt ! eS8
soon return. i It was a. little singular,
however,, that he should have left his
W»B »» «*
returning, ^ I went “f to 'T* the
again
gtab , thinking he might have found his
way thither to give personal attention
to the wants of his horse. Before going
out, from mere force of habit—for we
were as yet unifested by either thieves
or policemen—I took the precaution of
putting the stranger’s watch in a drawer
>n which I kept my valuables. I found ,
the horse as I had left him, and gave
him the food which he was now suffi
ciently cooled te be allowed to eat; but
his master was nowhere to be seen. As
1 approached the house, a crowd of men
on horseback dashed up, and I was com
' manded, in no gentlejtones, to ‘‘stand
In another moment I was in the clutches
;-“«• "'>» <«— « “ «•*
“I was too much stupefied at first to
ask what it all meant. I did so at last,
and the ^^ nrtion end with came—it whom I was had
rible! My' r ‘ > so
lately set ut in company, had lieen
tend spot at wl.;.‘V> m#**?*, h<H I alone, knew «“ we
had supra, 1 was the last person
known U itil him, and I was llovv
arrested > g iucion of lli3 murder. A
search of*^ 6 I he premises watch was immediately
instituted wa8 found in the
drawer in 1 ha<1 it aud,
was Wei , t f as the property of the
murder . U n ' Dl3 hor «’ t0 °; waa
in my stab|> l ' r 1,v t,le ' other animal 1 I recognized had just
put tlie.v *. -
Uimt' V- 11 I saw liimin the light.
Wh:i\ *'■ I know not. My con
fusioli" ^“n as additional evidence.
“T; qunt is mheront in
at lefcat!’ v ° w ^ 3 nien. It may not
always R.f^ i.Jovnetimes iis *hl. in physical vio
lenco. contents itself with
qumiug,. lynching ; character. But whatever its
form, , J* ^ways relentless, , pit dess,
cruel. tii^'oofs ^
‘^s °f my guilt, ono after
another to light, low niutterings
gradual ; l: v * n ^° a claupq- for veu
.. ,7 hut lor the firmness
genco; ;l of one
^ 'LTS
it was || s > ln Patliy for me that
actuated K r< ’ tector ' hfisliaart was
as lianl i-* v i ’ dfhuc; but ho represented
the maj. ^ of the law, aud took a sort
0 f g r i m • JJt? in the iiosiUou. As much
under tj v-hnice of his eye as before the
murrie c f» is * >lsto '“ tho c °wardly
orers A v baci ' Perhaps they were
not Suffic? 1 - 1 ? numerous to feel the full
wJ mysterious reflex influence
which 11w a c:owd o£ mcn so much
^ worse oi^l ti,, ms so much better, than
*-heui singly.
u ( A some my |
CHme could have but one result.-j
.
CircuntJ*^ 3 100 plainly declared my i
guilt. ! c one knew they lied. The I
-^j-.r, was ^ very brief. To ,
j^anfV.t g in,^ », tl ?.
V ,L ami it no ■
pressionJ As nttift teiftesslon was W.Ww-' made |
b v the words of the judg, whmV.
et i ^ ar.d his solemn invocation tliat
GoJ might liavo that mercy upon me
which man too just to vouchsafe, sound
e d like tho hollow mockeries. It may
he hard for the condemned criminal to
meet death • it is still harder for him
who is ! innocent ° The ® one ° nt ’ when wheu tUe the
11 rst shock , is over, acquiesces ill Ills
doom, and gives himself to repentance ;
the heart of the other, filled with rebel
lion against man’s injustice, can scarce
bring itself to u.sk pardon of God I
hiul gradually overcome this feeling, in
spite of tll0 Rood clergyman’s irritating
' , lr i,:„i, i wi r “i-unly dncctcd . .. to
’ - -
ward « extracting , a confesssion, without
.....
which, lie assured me, he had no hope to
offer .
“On the morning of the day fixed for
my execution I felt miserably resigned.
r |, ad sn i. m _ occult
death de ‘ lth ’ bad 1M 80 so accustomed <\\ myself k to » look
upon it as merely a momentary pang,
that I no longer felt solicitous save that
memor y should oneduy be vindicated,
She for whom I had gone to prepare a
Theli^of ! 7 t mv t c ‘ lla,ult Z y l\TT' ' 111,1 bn,kf '“
, ,e a <mo of a11 tll<! wor!d
’
belieVed me 1,,,,<)c ‘ ent ;. an<1 she dl « l wit, ‘
In b yet be he brought bioi ght toti.mf t light. aVuu All tins
I ba d heard, and it had soothed as with
sweet insene my troubled spirit. Death,
however unwelcome the shape, was now
a p0 rtal, beyond which I could see one
an gel waiting to receive me. I heard
U ie sound of approaching footsteps, and
nfcrved myself to meet tho expected
summons. The door of my cell opened,
and the sheriff and his attendants entered
He held in his hand a paper. It was
doubtless my death-warrant. He began
t0rcad il - My thou « htg were
elesvv here. The words “full and free
pardon ,o were the first to strike my
„,»c,« V ied »tntos. They .fleeted ll„.
?* — ■»>«"
it was; I was pardoned for an offense I
ha d never committed 1
“The real culprit, none other, it is
needless to say, than he who had sought
and abused ray hospitality wounded in a
recent affray in a distant, city, hut had
lived long enough to make a disclosure,
which had been laid before tho governor
barely in time to save me from a sliarne
ful death, and condemn me to a cheer¬
less and burdensome life. This is rny
experience. My judgment, as yours, in
the case before us, leads to but one con¬
clusion, that of the prisoner’s guilt; but
not less confident and apparently unerr¬
ln 2 "as the judg ent that falsely
pronounced my own.
charge, on tlie ground of inability
agree which came at last.
N o. 43.
The prisoner was tried ami convicted
at a subsequent term, and at the Inst
moment confessed his crime ou the
“**•
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His Postal Card.
At ten o’clock yesterday forenoon a
man wearing a doubtful look appeared
at the stamp clerk’s window in the Post
Office, and asked for a postal card and
facilities for writing. He was a
time getting ready to put his pen to the
card, and he had only made a stroke or
t we when he call 3d out:
“How do you spell “Jim ¥”
“Why, J-i-m, of course,” answered
the clerk.
“Don’t look as if it was right ” said
bystander. »»,«," grew
a “How else can you spell
the name ?”
“That’s so_how could I ?’• smiled
man, as he looked again. “I’ll nut
J-i-m against any other style of spelling sitting
every time. Now, v - h.s , other name is
. \ el knock me down if I haVu’t
forgotten I Why, hang it, I have known
him for ten years, and now I can’t think
of his name ! Jim— Jim Jim J-i-m
—yum 1”
“ ‘.TT T
of the name afterward.”
“.So I can. I want to say to him
that Ills wife is sick rent,’and abed his landlord u
howling around for that he’d
bet ter coma home. How do you suell
it?”
“I’ll write it,” answered the clerk.
“Hecouldn’t read yourshoarograpfiy ”
said the stranger. “Jim isn’t much on
education, and I have to write as poorly
M I can or he couldn’t make out a word
Less see 1 Do you want to start on with with
V. S., or what V”
“1 should say: ‘You arc wanted at
home to once,’if It was me,” suggested
a car driver who was after a stamp.
“’Tvvouldn’t do,” sighed the man
’uri -.g Vis head, “I wouldn’t dara
t!l " « “im suddenly,
lllrf tj twUom'“ <t ° ^ W '' 1U ' r at
°
‘ e
“Where is he sbme one asked.
“Whv .J_ in in ■. hy , b “' ltt!r .
’
mv „. U w!iv
“I’ll bet von’ve drivf h 1 > PlaC 1 ° i<>
should ‘ t hcc-ir
“ 1 i m *’ Tim 1 m, Jim, T i and .. he in
' .’ s
V, 1 , ., gni>V0<I t!lp rnan b"
* 8
'°oked 1 around with an appeal in his
prei)
‘
The crowd mentioned twenty different
!Z places but ho shook his h' 8 head head at at each each
“If you can’t think of his name, and
can’t remember liis address,how are you
going to send the card ?” asked the
clerk.
“That’s so-how am I?” sighed the
man.
“If you was me you wouldn’t send It,
would you ?”
“I don’t think I would womu. ”
hen I won’t:. If his wife can think
of his name and the place where he is
she’d better write it.”
When he walked away he carried his
l,at in one hand and scratched his head
with the other, and muttered :
With a grCat bi « ‘ J ’’ a,,d Hlistcr
my ears with a great big “B,” and
ought to liave written his name down
on the door or somewhere. Less seel
' r ‘ i ' In ’ ^ hl " in ’” an<1 he di8ap '
peared U p Congress street.
Not Educated.
Jake was heard calling across*, the
fence to his neighbor’s son, a colored
youth, who goes to school at the Atlanta
University:
“Look liyar, boy, yer goes ter school,
don’t yer ?”
“Yes, sir,” replied the boy.
“Gittin’ eddykashun, ain’t yer 1”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, it don’t take two whole days
to make a hour, does it V”
“W’yno!” exclaimed the boy
»V« tea. gtvine to bfing dat hatoliet
"««■ »*»'’ W
“Yes, sir.”
“An’ it’s bin two days sense you bor
rowed it. Now what good’s eddykashun
gwine to do you thick-skulled niggers
when yer go to school a whole year and
den can’t tell how long It takes to fetch
back a hatchit ?”
“You appear to be very happy, my lit¬
tle man—what is the cause of it ?” ask
ed a gentleman of an urchin on the
street. “Pop is drunk, mam is in jail,
Bill has the measles, and there is nobody
to git me off to school. Hope this busi
ness will last all winter,” said the fel
low, as he vaulted over a hydrant.
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manure
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v ,rst * * nv e]°pes , used in 1839.
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T1 f 1 t 1 UC1 r er match was made in
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The first ballon ascent was made ln
1783.
The first ^ i™, ♦ , ■ Wa * v buUt ta
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The first horse railroad iaiiroad w*« was h„.tt built in
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Kerosene was first used for liffhtinir gU ®
purposes fh-stcomi.tr in 1826
The conf »<u coined : a . In
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W‘T 1 * a, * Vil ' Vwsbro,,flfht
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' sta . h‘ a introduced in 1020
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'“to ltome from 1 adua in 130H
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m the eighth centin-y. (
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“Come ma’„n^ mi ” aeid a ohanfmin iLt7” ai ,i,nni
“how am ttore in a
-How can anybody tell that, foolish
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Ult ‘ re ii; j,18t ono P >" P>'d, the world
^
1 e3rs whwn Abraham Lincoln
wa8 tt d ® cl1 hand on a flat-boat, a mail
wid to lllni: “ Somo of tho who
pass up and down the river on these arks
are perfect divinities.” “Yes,” said
he, "real ark angels.”
A Jefferson country boy thinks there
Is an advantage in courting through the
telephone, as you don’t have to wash
your neck and put on a clean collar.
An Inch deep of rain weighs 1000,003
tons, or nearly 101 tons per aero. For
every lOOOth of an inch, a ton of water
falls jier aero.
A woman’s skeleton sells for more
than a man’s in Philadelphia, but its a
week’s extra work to wire tho jaws you
know.
Next to drink, Jtlicro is nothing that
will bring a man down In tlie world
quicker than an orange peal.
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A man in a neighboring town has
"Tt into the “ garden so much. ^
What class of workmen are always on
H * t " k «- , ‘ on,:ltl * r »<ow high their wages
ale • Blacksmiths.
A man in England, named Augur,
lately tried to commit suicide because be
found life such a bore.
Why was George Washington like a
political stump speaker? Because he
couldn’t tell a lie.
One of the most popular hoods for con¬
versation among ladies is usually their
neighborhood.
It is the opinion of physicians that a
man with water on his brains should
wear a plug bat.
A Mrs. Flank lias opened a hotel in
Illinois. Good board should como from
Flank.
What is tlie difference between a hill
and a pill ? One is hard to get up and
the other is hard to get down.
Good partners at whist—a chimney¬
sweep and a born-player. One can fol¬
low soot and the other can trumpet.
Now is the time when tlie mosquito
w j gb(;8 b(J were a dea .
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If fish are mute, the phrase “codfish
balls” must be inaccurate.
A *, tna.ch-t, ten yen, engagement.
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