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Extract from Captain
wear wings all the time—blazing red ones, and blue and green, and gold, and variegated, and rainbowed, and ring-streaked-and-striped ones—and nobody finds fault. It is suitable to their time of life. The things are beautiful, and they set the young people off. They are the most striking and lovely part of their outfit—a halo don't begin."
"Well," says I, "I've tucked mine away in the cupboard, and I allow to let them lay there till there's mud."
"Yes—or a reception."
"What's that?"
"Well, you can see one to-night if you want to. There's a barkeeper from Jersey City going to be received."
"Go on—tell me about it."
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