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Updated: May 26, 2025

"By the piper that played before Moses," said one of the boys one day, "ef half that boy sez is true, some day Grump'll hev wings sprout through his shirt, an' 'll be sittin' on the sharp edge uv a cloud an' playin' onto a harp, jist like the other angels."

John Habberton - Romance of California Life : Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous