f-i-n-e-s-t s-i-l-k r-a-g-s,” he expostulated 95 again holding two fingers under the nose of Rags Habakuk. 

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“I take it,” said Rags Habakuk, “I take it. It is a whole gunnysack bag full of spot cash greenbacks money. I tell my wife it is printed by the national government for the national republic to make business rich and prosperous.” 

Then he kissed the blue rats, one on the right ear, the other on the left ear, and handed them over to the circus man. 

And that was why the next month his eighteen year old daughter married a taxicab driver who was so polite all the time to his customers that he never had time to be polite to his wife. 

And that was why his nineteen year old daughter married a moving-picture hero actor who worked so hard being nice and kind in the moving pictures that he never had enough left over for his wife when he got home after the day’s work. 96

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And the lucky vest with the gold buckskin whincher was stolen from Rags Habakuk by the taxicab driver. 

  

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 4. Four Stories About the Deep Doom of Dark Doorways 

People:

The Rag Doll

The Broom Handle

Spoon Lickers

Chocolate Chins

Dirty Bibs

Tin Pan Bangers

Clean Ears

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