“For the last forty or fifty miles we had on board a strange, vulgar-looking fellow, who had been all over the world; spoke Latin, French, and Spanish; and in the course of three hours told me more than a hundred lies; probably some itinerant Irish schoolmaster.”
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THE GENESEE PRESS • THE POST EXPRESS PRINTING CO. • ROCHESTER, N. Y. • 1903
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