“Only one man killed—Fass, the Secretary; I believe he lies somewhere
over there to the left, beneath that toppled wall.”




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The person who reasons from a false premise is
always funny—to other folks.


UNCLE JOE AND AUNT MELINDA


The opinion prevails all through the truly rural districts that the
big cities are for the most part given over to Confidence Men.

And the strange part is that the opinion is correct.

But it should not be assumed that all the people in, say, Buffalo, are
moral derelicts—there are many visitors there, most of the time, from
other sections.

And while at all times one should exercise caution, yet to assume that
the party who is “fresh” is intent on high crimes and misdemeanors may
be a rather hasty and unjust generalization.

For instance, there are Uncle Joe and Aunt Melinda, who live eight
miles back from East Aurora, at Wales Hollow. They had been married