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/ surmised at once who he was, for one could see by the merest 

 glance at his remarkably pleasant yet thoroughly ckver^face, that he 

 was all his name implied, a wise dignified old gentleman, who was 

 in the habit of observing much more than he gave tongue to a rare 

 qualify in men especially white men. Even before I heard him 

 speak I liked Oo-koo-hoo The . . Sec Chapter I 



