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     "Ha! Now you're going to tell --- and then he would nod his head for the Bark to proceed, & sounded delighted ---
     # I asked if the invention word scratched out of the Alphabet immediately followed upon us this ---
      Oh, no, was the reply. That occurred a great many years after. Listen. You will unclear in when that happened.
     // These conversations made the popularity of George Gist still larger, and he was greatly considered among all the wise word scratched out men. He also became greatly considered among all the handsome women. //
      Here there was a general smile among the Indians -- 
      // When he discovered that he was so greatly considered among the handsome women, he began to pay less attention to his employment. He neglected his silver work & his drawing and went about visiting one & another; and so every day he had more & more friends. The young men were