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Updated: May 23, 2025

"That corn-fed biscuit-shooter at Rawlins yu' gave the canary " "Never married her. Never did marry " "But yu' come so near, uncle! She was the one left yu' that letter explaining how she'd got married to a young cyard-player the very day before her ceremony with you was due, and " "Oh, you're nothing; you're a kid; you don't amount to " " and how she'd never, never forgot to feed the canary."

Owen Wister - The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains