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_Harrison Cady_
"No, sir-ree, you don't catch me giving anything to Christmas charity. / No, sir-ree! It's all nonsense anyway," said old Mr. Long-Tail as he / slammed his door shut with a great bang right in the face of a startled / snowbird who had called to solicit a contribution for the Christmas / fund for the poor and needy.[5]