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I saw an old book thar, they sed it wuz five hundred years old, and it belonged at one time to Loois the Seventeenth or Eighteenth, or some of them old rascals; durned if I believe anybody could read it. I SAW AN OL BOOK THAR THEY SAID IT WAS FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND IT BELONGED AT ONE TIME TO LOUIS THE SEVENTEENTH OR EIGHTEENTH THERE SOME OF THEM OLD RASCALS DURNED IF I B'LIEVE ANYBODY COULD READ IT
d flopped him right down on the side walk, and sot on him, I hollered--MURDER! PERLEES! and every other thing I could think of, and a lot of constables and town marshalls cum a runnin' up, and one of them sed "what are you holdin' this man fer?" and I told him I'd caught him right in the act of robbin' the United States Post Offis, and by gosh I arrested him. Wall they all commenced a laffin', and I found out I'd arrested one of the post masters of New York City. I lost mother's letter and she never did git it. Uncle Josh in an Auction Room I'D seen a good many funny things in New York at one time and another, so the last day I wuz thar, I wuz a packin' up my traps, a gittin' ready to go home, when I jist conclooded I'd go out and buy somethin' to remember New York by. Wall I wuz a walkin' along down the street when I cum to a place whar they wuz auckshuneerin' off a lot of things. I stopped to see what they had to sell. Wall that place wuz jist chuck full of old-fashioned cooriositys.  SECTION ZERO EIGHT OF UNCLE JOSH'S PUNKIN CENTER STORIES BY CARL STUART THIS LIVER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY PHILIP MARTIN UNCLE JOSH IN AN AUCTION ROOM I'D SEEN A GOOD MANY FUNNY THINGS IN NEW YORK AT ONE TIME AND ANOTHER SO THE LAST DAY I WAS THAR I WAS A PACKIN UP MY TRAPS AND GETTING READY TO GO HOME WHEN I JEST CONCLUDED I'D GO OUT AN BUY SOMETHING TO REMEMBER NEW YORK BY WELL I WAS WALKIN DOWN THE STREET WHEN I COME TO A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS AUCTIONEERING OFF A LOT OF THINGS I STOPPED TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO SELL WELL THAT PLACE WAS JEST CHUCK FULL OF OLD FASHIONED CURIOSITIES
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