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Idle Days in Patagon 



la. 



it is just possible that our eyes may be in the same 

 condition." 



The gaucho laughed a loud and scornful laugh, 

 and exclaimed that the idea was too ridiculous. 



Gaucho with Spectacles. 



"What, see better with this thing ! " and he took 

 them gingerly in his hand, and held them up to 

 examine them, and finally put them on his nose — 

 something in the spirit of the person who takes a 



