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A Book of Burlesques 57The Second Man

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A Book of Burlesques 57

The Second Man

MenckenEnglish
I see. But how about the elevator boy? I gave the elevator boy in Dresden two marks and he almost fell on my neck, so I figured that I played the sucker.

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Mencken — A Book of Burlesques (H. L. Mencken) (author lived 1880–1956). Public Domain. H. L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #22145. Source

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A Book of Burlesques 58

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