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Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks by Charles Felton Pidgin
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As they were leaving the office Quincy met Tobias Smith, father of
Abbott and Ellis Smith, and Wallace Stackpole.

"Glad to see you, Guv'nor," said 'Bias. "You remember Mr. Stackpole
that we gave Strout's job of tax-collector to--he's held it ever
since. We're mighty glad Strout lives in Fernborough. We don't have
circuses at town meetings now he's gone."

Quincy's next visit was to the office of the _Fernborough Gazette_,
which was published in Eastborough, as the editor and proprietor, Mr.
Sylvester Chisholm, Mr. Strout's brother-in-law, could not get
printers in Fernborough, and, being an Eastborough-born boy, his
paper had a large circulation in that town and in Westvale, its
principal village.

Quincy obtained some copies of the paper containing his speech at the
Town Hall. On looking it over he was astonished to find it reported
_verbatim_.

"How did you manage it, Mr. Chisholm? My address was extemporaneous."

Sylvester smiled. "Well, the fact is, Mr. Sawyer, while I was working
on the _Eastborough Express_, when you were here five years ago, I
studied short-hand, and it came in handy that night."

The train was express to Boston and Quincy was in his chair in the
Executive Chamber by half-past eleven. After a careful examination of
the case of Ivan Wolaski, he decided to refuse the request for
extradition, and the Governor of Colorado was so notified in a
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