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"Is that one of the old man's streaks ?" I in- 

 quired of Brown. 



"He's drunk!" replied the latter, indifferently, as 

 if that was sufficient explanation of any and all phe- 

 nomena, however strange and unexpected. And, 

 when you come to think of it, I suppose it is. 



