Mr. Jacobs, 1883: A Tale of the Drummer, the Reporter, and the Prestidigitateur (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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I contrasted him with our neighbors at the lunch-counter, who seemed to be vying, like the captives of Circe, to ascertain by trial who could swallow the most free lunch, and pay for the fewest pegs, - those vile concoctions of spir its, ice, and soda-water, which have destroyed so many splendid resolutions on the part of the Temperance Alliance.

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