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On a certain day the young governor -- Gov. G. W. Blankenship -- left the / Executive Mansion and motored up to the State Penitentiary.
As the car spun him north over good roads through the crisp morning / air, he took stock of himself and of his past life and of his future / prospects, nor had cause for disappointment or doubt regarding any one / of these three. This was a fine large world -- large yet cozy -- and he / gave it his unqualified indorsement while he rode along.