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twenty -three pounds and a few ounces, 

 though, as I still fondly imagine, in the 

 glass case it looks more. The triumph was 

 not Gargantuan, perhaps, but in such mar- 

 vellous spring weather it seemed so. It is 

 seldom that one has everything that one 

 could desire, and that holiday was perfec- 

 tion. It made the influenza quite worth 

 while. 



