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In juxtaposition with two of the most stalwart wagon or truck wheels I ever looked upon was a cradle of ancient and peculiar make, an aristocratic cradle, with high-turned posts and an elaborately carved and moulded body, that was suspended upon rods and swung from the top.
But you'll excuse that, won't you, Sally? It really isn't my fault, you know." The drug clerk looks sharply at the white face half concealed by the high-turned overcoat collar. "I would rather not supply you," he said doubtfully. "I sold you a dozen morphine tablets less than an hour ago." The customer smiles wanly. "The fault is in your crooked streets.
"Neither did your little son though it would bear mentioning. I should say yes! You said she hadn't any air. Jupiter there she comes now. No air!" He subsided into his high-turned fur collar but his eyes watched intently as the Craigs, still walking briskly after at least an hour's exercise, came up the deck from the stern. His mother, on the contrary, let her drooping lids fall indifferently.
They hurried on, but only into the arms of a black-eyed, dusky-browed being, who held out his hat under their noses, while a confederate of Oriental hue turned the handle of a street organ near by. Twenty steps farther on General Ludlow and the reporter found themselves in the midst of half a dozen villainous-looking men with high-turned coat collars and faces bristling with unshaven beards.
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