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Updated: May 28, 2025

The man behind the counter-the man of savage face, has filled the maniac's bottle, which he pushes toward her with one hand, as with the other he sweeps her coin into a drawer. "Oh! save poor maniac Munday-save poor maniac Munday!" the woman cries, like one in despair, clutching the bottle, and reels out of the pit.

F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams - Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life