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THE HEAVEN-SENT SKUNK 



J. ..//^^^:Z-T\\Q Skunk is a beast 

 S//'// ^-j^'^that hath neither strength 

 ^- :^:;^ nor speed for his safety, but 

 -\;^ a most devilish smell, so that 

 |r no creature will wittingly im- 

 Lr peril himself with the Skunk, 

 and he, knowing the same, fear- 

 eth nothing and fleeth from none. Thus 

 it came about that the Skunk, being on 

 the track in the forefront of the express- 

 engine, fled not, but trusted in his great 

 strength, and thenceforth No. 4 was 

 known throughout all that country. 



Now it so fell out that the hireling at 

 the station received word of No. I 4 ap- 

 proaching, which also should be switched, 

 and he so ordered it. And while he yet 

 tarried, there arose a great west wind, and 



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