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LETTER OF WM. BURNETT TO JAMES MAY.7.
much. And telling all what had passed to his brother, this little great gentleman thought what I had said must certainly amount to blarny. As to the second article of high misdemeanor, that of calling his house a hog-sty, it is very true I made use of the expression. The circumstance relating to this, is as follows. Ducharme, who was formerly in my service, and now in that of Mr. Pattinson, was building a house next door to mine. Going one day past the house, Ducharme asked
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