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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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The act or process of acquiring.

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The old woman waved some bills in the air

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Paul Laurence Dunbar·1872–1906·modernist literature
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ear Mrs, Smitru, — I am glad to say that yore in-t’rust ?cumulated faster than usu’l, so I kan inkloseyou heerwith $15. I am sorry I shall not see youagain, az I am kalled away on bizness. Very respectably yores, S. Rucctes.166 AUNT MANDY’S INVESTMENT The men looked at each other in surprise,and then they began to disperse. Some onesaid: “¢I reckon he mus’ be all right, aftah all.Aunt Mandy got huh div’den’.” “JT reckon he’s comin’ back all right,” saidanother.
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