. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. C®lLCir®<El]S(itlGl. Co-s^SSJTaHnwClhirSsllismas ,( New York, N. Y., Dec. 26, Wife: The miserablest night I ever spentin all my born days—the solitariest,with no seconds—was sure thisidentical Christmas night in NewYork City. And Ive been somelonesome, too, in my time. Ive told you how, as a boy, Ishipped before the mast—the wrongmast—and how the old tub bumpeda reef and went down with all hands—and feet—except mine. You re-member me telling how I grabbedaholt of a large wooden box andfloated on to a dry spot. It knockedthe wind out o

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. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. C®lLCir®<El]S(itlGl. Co-s^SSJTaHnwClhirSsllismas ,( New York, N. Y., Dec. 26, Wife: The miserablest night I ever spentin all my born days—the solitariest,with no seconds—was sure thisidentical Christmas night in NewYork City. And Ive been somelonesome, too, in my time. Ive told you how, as a boy, Ishipped before the mast—the wrongmast—and how the old tub bumpeda reef and went down with all hands—and feet—except mine. You re-member me telling how I grabbedaholt of a large wooden box andfloated on to a dry spot. It knockedthe wind out of my stummick con-siderable, but I hung on kind of un-13

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