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IMPUDENT AND ADROIT THIEVES.
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"Of course I did—who could have doubted or resisted the orders of a Judge!
"Watch—and turkey—both gone! pray, what the devil, madam, are we to do for a dinner?"
But the lady had taken care of her guests, notwithstanding her simplicity and the party enjoyed both the joke and their viands.
