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THE COUNTRY BOY 



shoes and even corks to hold in his hands. We 

 could have collected the money then and we 

 blamed ourselves afterward for not doing it, 

 as the farmer that was going to run and his 



--S^mm^ 



-^ 



backers all had stage fright, and they delayed 

 going to the post, trying to get up some ex- 

 cuse to quit; but we preferred to run it out in 

 true sportsmanlike manner. 



