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"And then down the back stairs comes this here sandy-complected, horse-faced plumber that had been frittering away his time all day up in a bathroom over one little leak, and looking as sad and mournful as if he hadn't just won eight dollars, or whatever it was. He must have been born that way not even being a plumber had cheered him up.
A stranger goes in just ahead of me and gets to the bar before I do, kind of a solemn-looking, sandy-complected little runt in black clothes. "'A little of your best cooking whiskey, says he to the Swede, while I'm waiting beside him for my own drink. "The Swede sets out the bottle and glass and a whisk broom on the bar. That was sure a new combination on me.
He was a scrawny little feller, with little gray eyes set near together, and some sandy-complected whiskers on his chin. I told him about Bud, and what his fix was. "Damn it oh, damn it all," he says, rubbing the bridge of his nose, "I don't see how on AIRTH I kin do it. My wife's jest had a baby. Do yo' hear that?" And I did hear a sound like kittens mewing, somewheres up stairs.
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