MY FIRST BUFF. 





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most prosperous little city, in Northern 

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frontier town. Up to this point the journey 

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 kangaroo was an ** amoosin little cuss." 

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 Jack. He was afflicted with an unconquer- 

 able itching to trade horses, in spite of the 

 tact that he was always worsted; and thus 

 it came to pass that before we were half 

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