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But, I tell you what, if you’ll put up five hundred dollars I’ll put up five hundred more, we’ll fetch our chap across and set him in as a claimant, and, my word for it, Kenealy’s fat boy won’t be a marker to him!
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Watterson humorously proposes a scheme to claim a title, showcasing his wit and understanding of legal absurdities.
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