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bit could either be paid to me to-night or sent on to me 

 to-morrow." Invariably they were obliged, and, as I 

 say, these various sums were paid out of my hard 

 earnings down in Shoe Lane. I do not take any 

 sjiecial credit for doing this, but the idea of the Sport 

 Set was initiated by me and it is through the publica- 

 tion of this book that I explain many other difficulties 

 besides this particular one. 



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