Excerpt: ...broad palm atop of Peter's. "And mine," "and mine," "and mine," chimed the rest, placing their hands atop of the other until the six right hands lay upon the table in a pyramid. Pg 206 "This is Tuesday," resumed Peter. "Will we meet next Saturday?" "Yes," answered Sam, "and call it a week. Let's throw in two days." And so the week was begun. On the next day, as Sam Green sat atop of his bench after dinner, he felt rather lost without his cigar, and for awhile he argued the question with himself, whether it ...
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Excerpt: ...broad palm atop of Peter's. "And mine," "and mine," "and mine," chimed the rest, placing their hands atop of the other until the six right hands lay upon the table in a pyramid. Pg 206 "This is Tuesday," resumed Peter. "Will we meet next Saturday?" "Yes," answered Sam, "and call it a week. Let's throw in two days." And so the week was begun. On the next day, as Sam Green sat atop of his bench after dinner, he felt rather lost without his cigar, and for awhile he argued the question with himself, whether it wouldn't be just as well for him to put an extra quarter into his box and have his cigars as usual. But he remembered his pledge. He looked forward to Saturday, when he should find himself an ambassador of mercy to the sick and needy
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