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timely- uprootin' of poor ole Green. But we said, likewise, that Ginger, though from Mizzoura, was perhaps a leetle better as a man. I said publicly that I reckoned that if it came to a wrastlin' match between the two that Ginger could down Keeley. 'Not but that Keeley's a stout man,' I said. And Gedge let on that Ginger could shoot quicker and straighter than Keeley, though there was few, if any, in Painted Rock that could ekal him. And the result of this was that the hull town was presently standin' around in groups holdin' animated and fierce discussions as to which was the best man of the two. And the office of City Marshal bein' vacant, and each candidate eager to please, there was little interference with disputes, and the death-rate threatened to jump like that of flies at the first norther. And me and Keeley's prime supporter had words on Main Street, and then I played four aces and the joker, so to speak. Said I, 'My son, I've a hundred dollars in my pocket that's yellin' to be yours if Ginger can't down Keeley in the plaza and take him
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