The Grinder Papers — page 22: what you’re looking at

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THE GRINDER PAPERS. 17 sealing-wax head, which I have for a shawl-pin, was my paper parcel, just as I had fastened it for safety, with my own hands; If I'd had it I'd have saved my money and got here two hours © ago. This cabman only charged me five dollars, good, honest fellow, and he told me the other was a cheat. Of course he And here I am at last, all safe, though I never expected to be. And who do you suppose the military gentleman was? Long brown beard, blue eyes, cap, blue coat with brass buttons, and a kind of a shiny thing with a chain on his bosom. Do you think it was General Grant, or Sherman, or Hooker? La! a police officer? Don't sayso! Why if I had known that I could have had the driver taken up then, couldn’t 1? What a pity! Eomicbooks (e (0)