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Updated: May 7, 2025

There flourished in the village life of Washington two old blokes no other word can proprly describe them Jack Dade, who signed himself "the Honorable John W. Dade, of Virginia;" and Beau Hickman, who hailed from nowhere and acquired the pseudonym through sheer impudence. In one way and another they lived by their wits, the one all dignity, the other all cheek.

Henry Watterson - Marse Henry (Volume 1): An Autobiography