“My dearest friend!”

“Maybe, I have not.”

“Ho!” says Grandfather Smallweed, crestfallen.

“But if I had bushels of it, I would not show as much as would make a cartridge without knowing why.”

“Sir, I have told you why. My dear Mr. George, I have told you why.”

“Not enough,” says the trooper, shaking his head. “I must know more, and approve it.”

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