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"What am I gwine to do wid dese yere barkers, Colonel? " asked Chad, picking up his master's case of duelling pistols from the mantel. "I ain't tetched der moufs since I iled 'em up for dat Klutchem man."
"Take them upstairs, Chad, and put them away," answered the Colonel with an indignant wave of the hand.