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Updated: May 29, 2025

Peddling was so common, that nothing could now be made in that line; and besides, it took some capital to start with a thing that was out of the question in our ex-official's case. The only chance now open for him was the railroad, and to the railroads he said he would betake himself as soon as he could.

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