davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Phillips County herald., 1923-09-06

Frank Browa and Hank Kopler
motefoa to llastun Sunday
, 1923-06-29
THREE.

hope that a rich find awaited them
farther down the country. But Baker
knew the country, above ground. and
replied significantly that there were
more pirates" down that way, such
as the Pa'ouse, Occur d'Alene and
Pluto Indians, and, what was worse,
them pirates of Mormons." Sure
enough. he old Captain Humfrey-
vile. the Indians attacked and Killed
some OF the prospectors farther down
the canyon.
Rushing. Dixon and other travellers
found Baker at his ranch on Clear
creek, below Denver. as late as 1866.
though in 1869 Major Powell. descend
ing tho Green river. sighted Bakers
cabin in Henry's fork. This may have
been n temporary abode or a former
rome. But. even so. Baker chafed I'M
der the entertainments OF civilization.
and finally reiterated to the valley %
the Little Snake river in 1873. Res
membering his two most terrific bat
ties there thirty years before, he
built a fortified home. He then settled
himself in the stock business. doing
occasional service as n guide there
after. and avoiding the larger settle
ments.
He was getting old. Like q wounded
bruin. Baker sought the solitude OF
the wilderness most Isolated from
%habitation. and Astounding only In
the life as he had known II and loved
It. There he established his latest
abode on the sunset side of tho
Rockies, in a grassy valley with "A
horizon Of tree-carpeted hills: 1t was
| the valley OF his yesterdays.
, 1923-06-29

VHrapp. who. with a party OF thirty.
two trappers. was working the Little
Snake River valley. then called St.
Vrains fork. Baker was thus in.
duced to go. at once with two COM
pan'ons to inform Fraeb OF the hostile
rumors reaching Bridger from the
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.
Redskins Attack.
Baker had no more than reached
Fraeb's camp. near the present site
Of Baggs, than n of Fraeb's assist
ants. Burken Berkoun,) encamped a
few miles distant. dashed into Fraeb's
camp badly wounded and with the
news that they had been attacked.
some men killed and ninety horses
stolen. Baker and five others has
tened to the scene. but the thieves
had retreated toward the Laramie
plains in safety.
The whole party assembled for
safety on what has since been called
appropriately Battle creek, and
hastily constructed a forted Enclosure
for themselves and the remaining
animals. Next morning. according to
the narrative as Maggie Kilgore OF
Savery has gathered it, Baker and a
companion brought down a buffalo
across the way on Catlln creek and
were skinning 1t when they were at
tracted to clouds OF dust and the rat
tie of a swarm Of Indians advancing
through Sweetwater pass above the
camp.
The trappers barely gained the in
closure when the Indians precipitatet
n of the fiercest battles known ii
the west. the fort being stormed fol
several hours with excessive rage ant
daring. Ammunition ran low within
the fort. and when the Indians cen
tered their attack on the side of tn,
corral occupied by the horses. Bake
and Fraeb. with a small party
essayed a flank movement. but wer'
forced backed into the corral.
Indians Ride Away.
Night brought silence and the in
formation hat four trapers wer
dead. many wounded and several o
the horses badly injured with arrow
and gunshots. A renewal OF the al
tack in the early morning wa
, 1923-06-29

trappers for investigation several
times. and it took a number Of .coun-
ellis to get the trappers passed through
the assembled tribes. They went di-
rect to the Popo Agie. on Wind River
the American Fur company's rendez-
vous. They trapped thense up the
Big Wind and over the range into
Jackson's Hole that season. Baker
Joined Kit Carson that fall and win.
ter or a aunt over tho Uinta noun.
tains and its streams IND environs,
in northeastern Utah. headquarters
ing at Fort Davy Crockett. in Browns
Hole; but he returned to the Ameri
can Fur company in the spring.
His contract expired. Baker return.
ed 20 the Missouri river in the summer
Of 1910. but by the spring of 1s41 he
vas on his way back to the mountains
alone. to remain permanently as fai
as residence was concerned. He re
traced himself back to the Wind Riv
er mountains and, descending tn,
westerly slope. passed down the
Green river in mid summer. finding
his old pal Jim Bridger. established
near the mouth of Henry's Fork II
northeastern Utah.
Bridger was found In n state OF an
Iiety for his partner, Henry Frae'
, 1923-06-29

took his misfortune so gamely that
the gamblers admiringly staked him
to enough to outfit him again for the
mountains. One thing he could not
stand was citizens clothes. after be
coming accustomed to the mountain
garb. He tried It once in Santa Fe.
but complained that the boots "chok.
ed" his feet so badly that he threw
them away.
He loved his wives, three OF them.
but while drinking he ono charged
a wife with infidelity and Tim Good,
ale. n partner n a difficult job in
preventing the old scout from cutting
off one of tho woman's ears. tho In
dams means OF furnishing such de-
l!nquency. When sobered he was read
lily convinced of the fathfulness OF
his spouse.
Baker was appointed chief o,
scouts a. Fort Laramie under Gen
eral Harvey for the United States
army in 1855. In 1857 he guided a
part of General Jchnston's columns
to Fort Bridger, when on their march
against the Mormons. That winter he
guided General r. b. Marcy across
Colorado, ~diagonally TO Fort Mnssa'
chusetts for supplies.
Marcy says the trip would have
been impossible. they would have al
persisted. without Baker and his
knowledge OF frontiering. because oil
deep SHOWS, intense cold and lack o.
food for themselves and animals, ant
because of the region being such q
trackless wilderness in winter.
Duel With Frenchman
When the army entered Utnh II
, 1923-06-29
Martial Law
lifted TODAY

OKLAHOMA CITY. okla. June 20.
-CBy The Associated Press.) Mar
tial law. declared in Oklaho Okmul-
gee county Tueaday by Guvernor
Walton. was today lifted from all sec
tons of tho country except an area
of ten miles radius around Henrietta.
The action was taken by the COVER
,1Or upon recommendation of adj
tant General Baird H Markham, it
was announced at the governors Of
flee.
It was indicated that troops still
under arms would not be d~emobilized.
pending decision by the governor as
to what action he will take in con.
nection with reported disorders at
Plcher. a mining town in Ottawa
county. The governor said he was
awaiting official confirmation of press
reports that a miner there had been
subjected to an operation by a party
of masked men.
, 1923-06-29

1858 Baker established a store at
the Overland crossing Of the Green.
and also did some ~ferrying. a
F~renchman. however. soon settled
alongside and got much OF the bust
ness. When General Marcy returned
that fall he found Baker and the
Frenchman engaged in a duel. each
taking a drink between shots from
the secluslon Of their cabin doors. But
darcy settled the affair and Baker
apologized for drinking.
Marcy's men had discovered gold
at Cherry Creek Denver) while max.
ing a raft early in 1855, returning
from Fort Massachusetts,, aId by the
late months of 1858 the place was
being settled by goldseekers. Baker
Joined them, establishing himself at
ranch four miles north of where
.e.sNt nOw stands.
\ group OF prospectors employed
Baker as n guide. and explored the
country generally. At n place,
presumably in Idaho, Baker filled his
pockets with FOOLS gold and rushed
NAe'S'S H''" Nehip' NHeii 'Viu IL Nts
only pyrites OF iron, he was crest
fallen. But hs was n firm believer In
the powers OF the nominations Of the
Indian medicine men and began Mt
once TO "make medicine" in a ridi
culous posture and with weird ges
lures and expressions. He complained
hat IL his old woman was there tc
assist with tho ceremony the pirates
of ron could be made into good
gold"
His companions consoled him in the
, 1923-06-29

promptly followed by a great sur
prise. in hat the Indians galloped
away. probably already .overladden
with their own dead. The squaws
who had lowered about what has
since been called Squaw mountain
during h fight also departed. The
beleaguered party lost no time in
getting out of the valley and back
to Bridger's camp on the Green river.
1t was in the winter Of 1884
that practically all the Indian ponies
in the Rocky mountain regigon were
destroyed by the intense cold and
bitter storms. That spring Baker
and n band of trappers visited thu
Utes in Utah, without avail, and then
went to the Spanish settlement in
southern California for horses. Baker
told Coutant they obtained about
1000 A00O from the Mexicans in the
same name a. they would have
taken them from q hostile tribe of
Indians.
The trappers, squaws preceded the
returning party. driving the stolen
horses. while the trappers at the rear
held the Mexicans at bay. The trap
pers divided their horses and settled
themselves in their cabins, when sud.
denly Baker and a few others in the
Little Snake River valley were sur
prised by a swarm of Indians who
came Tor a complement of horses. 1t
was a bitter siege. but the trappers
Won and lost few. II any. horses.
Baker was an expert with the rifle
anC' the lar.at and was always there.
InIfnr wall attnn1iaH r.vftI l... -
of which he caugSt wild on the
plains, and kept for trade or sale.
Baker N the Bear.
Bakers worst fight, the one thai
put him in pictorial literature Of tn,
west permanently and conspiciously
was a h~nnd-to-claw combat with {
bear. Few boys of any ago who hay
not gazed long and interestedly a.
that amdus picture of Jim Bakel
graphing with the vicious bear. will
a hunting knife held high in the air
and Il faint figure running away II
the distance.
While trapping on the upper Gran,
River, Baker and n companion cam,
; upon two half-grown grizzlies. Bake
insehiously suggested a hand-to-han,
~ 49, Nhs AAib AAAaN kuAlo Ntlo ullAtl
weaponh Very suddenly both meu
were the busiest individuals in tn,
Rocky mountains. The bears wer
boxers a excellence. and not unit
Bakers bear became thoroughly ex
asperated and took the offensive dil
Baker get in close enough to sticl
his knife into the cubs ribs.
Though badly bruised and bearinl
several ugly scratches. Baker becnm
suddenly war that his partner wa
calling desperately for assistance
stepping up to render first aid, Bake
at once gained the eye Of the battlin
Ibruin. at which the terrorized partne
fled. leaving Baker to butcher No.
~bare-handed, which he did. luckily. 1
short order.
But Baker fed on ~punishment an
bore many scars. The worst was
face wound inflicted by tho accidei
tai discharge of a new u wit
which he was not familiar. Bake
was felled by a violent stanchioi
knocking him overheard. Frient
fished him out and Baker cody r
marked that the fellow almost g.
TIE best of me-"
Loved His Liquor.
After selling a seasons furs, n
having $4,000 on him. some cal
sharpers piled him with liquor, wink
he loved above all else. and f!eect
the m~ountaineer to the last cent. I
, 1923-06-29
Steel Merger
Barrier Lifted

WILMINGTON. Del. June 2s.-
Chancellor wolcott entered an order
today dissolving the preliminary in
junction restraining the American
Steel and Tube company from selling
its assets to the Youngstown Sheet
n Tube company at Youngstown.
Ohio.
, 1923-06-29
HEIR TO BIC FORTUNE
DIES At He YEA n {

CHEYENNE wyo., June 2s-Mark
T. Con, 30. one of two heirs to a
New York fortune said to be $40. o0o.-
900, died at his home here Thursday
after n sickness of several weeks. He
was engaged in livestock raising and
his country place five miles vert of
this city is one OF the best equipped
ranch properties in the state a
widow, one son, Mark Junior, and his
mother and a sister. the latter two
, residing in New York, survive him.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been completed.
, 1923-06-29
Millions and Movies


THROUGH the medium of slender strips of celluloid
L an actor appears simultaneously on thousands OF
screens in as many different towns. On the same even
ing, he entertains great armies of film fans who eagerly
pay their money to see his performance.
So the movie star commands a kings ransom for a
salary, and a fortune is spent p%rofitably, to provide a
proper background for his art. The movie m%ultiplies per-
sonality-and earning power.
Advertising does the same thing for a merchant or
manufacturer. In a single day it takes his message into
thousands of homes-to tell folks why they should have
his goods and how to get them. Advertising endows
him with a thousand voices with which to tell his story.
But the value of advertising is by no means confined
to the advertiser. 1t has a very definite value to you.
A glance through this paper enables you to sift out the
things that interest you. Sitting in your easy chair you
can compare values and prices. In a moment you can
tell exactly where to go for what you want and how much
to pay.
Figure how much useless walking and talking and how
much actual money you can save by spending a few NOM
ents daily with the advertisements.
Every day this paper contains information for you.
READ HI ADVERTISEMENTS
, 1923-06-29
TUO Railroads
Reported Sold

BALTIMORE. June 2s.-The Balti.
pore n Ohio Railroad company has
<old to the Consolidation Coal COM
pany the Sandy Valley and Elkhorn
and Millers Creek railroads. and to
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad the
Long Fork Railway.
These roads all connect with the
Chesapeake and Ohio's Big Sandy
branch and are known as tap lines
M have been separately operated.
The amount involved in the trans
action is approximately sS,0o0.o 900.
the company's announcement today
stated.
, 1923-06-29
JIM BAKER, PLANSMAN, WAS
MAKER Of PIONEER HISTORY
First Settler in Now State of Colorado-Came to West
Originally From St. Louis to Obtain Furs-
Fought Indian Battles

Although jim Baker, a pioneer of the early west and said
to be the first settler in the now state of Colorado, has Tong
since passed away, the history of his life is still of much inter
est to the people of the west and particularly to the residents
of Wyoming.
The Rawlins Republican in a recent issue, ran an inter-
Evening star., 1923-05-06

BrueEfi En65-Es, 3, y; The Coming of Coal
Bryant, R. c, Lumber. Its Manufac-
HaIe, ture and Distribution. TIA
Cadwallader. L. H. Business Forms
and Customs for Everyday Use.
Cartwright. J. L. 1o1 Best Collection
Letters. HKC-C24S.
Cassell. r. j: Constructive Collecting
HKDA-C27c.
Clark; F: cEi-p F. Principles of Marketing
Edie. L. D. comp. Practical Psychology
for Business Executives. HK-
1Ed4.
Harrington. Frank. Meeting Chain
Store Competition. HK-F243m.
Hayward. w. s.. and White, Percival.
Chain Stores. HK-H33S.
Hitchcock. c. NJ, ed. Forms, Records
and Reports in Personal Admin
istration. Hk-1H633f
Jones. F. d. Trade Association Activ-
tiles and the Law. HK-J714t:
Kenkel. ]. B. The Cooperative Ele-
vator Movement. HEG-K35.
Lyon. L. s. Education for Business.
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. A
Few Suggestions to McGra W. Hill
Authors. ZHJ-M171
Mckee. II. S. The A B C's of Business.
HK-M193.
McKinsey. J. o. Budgetary Control.
HK-1M216.
McKinsey, j. Q. Financial Manage
ment 2v. HK-1M216f
The National City Bank of New York
Foreign Commerce Series. Nos.
1-2. 46. ". 1920-o1. HKS3-
Evening star., 1923-05-06

lanterns'-that's enough. though
there is quite little more of this sort
of thing from Hecht to Bodenheim.
BUBBLES OF GOLD. BY Arthur Crew
Inrran. author of Red Autumn"
New York: L. p. Dutton & Co.
Only youth believes the bubbles to
be OF gold. Older folks know that
they are only spheres of iridescent
suds. These are poems of the young
man-so of pure gold are the shining
dancing bubbles of life. Buoyant
things, these, foated along by a spirit
of pure gaiety. Love. to an extent
interviewer lives of Columbine and
P1errot. Sometimes, however. on his
own account this poet sings of love
Dut not over much. Except as part of
the playtime of youth he gives the
great emotion a wide berth. Many of
these Songs are about nature-some of
I he best OF them are. "Beneath the
Moon" is one of the best Only a little
thing. but lovely. One wonders about
this poet. He is not a rhyming poet.
except now and then, as IL by accident
Not always metrical. And. some how
the most of us still cling to meter
even if we do. reluctantly, forego
rhyme Is it free verse? II it is. the
next time. make it less free. Work
a little harder to perfect form for
the truly poetic feeling and fancy
that clearly mark this interesting and
often delightful little book.
THE CLUE OF THE NEW PIN. By
Edgar Wallace. author of Cap
tains of Souls" etc. Boston: Small.
Maynard & Co.
Lost pins scattered about are an in
conspicuous commonplace. The world
Evening star., 1923-05-06

is Uttered with them So a new pin
lying at the door of his own house
vault where Jesse Trasmere lay mur-
dered suggested not a thing either
as to the murderer or his method.
Months after, the murderer, sitting in
that same vault with another in
tended victim trussed before him.
wrote out. in moment of crazy bra
vado. the part played by the pin in
passing the vault key back and drop
ping it upon table inside the vault.
OF course, Jesse Trasmere killed him
self after locking himself in and lay
ing the key aside. Nothing of the
kind. you see. plot of intricate
pattern. one that involves cupidity,
forgery, unrequited love, jealousy,
vanity and few other human fol-
bles. recounts in exciting detail how
Jesse Trasmere met his end, There
is mystery Of oriental flavor here,
embodied in the person of Yeh Ling.
silent. omnipresent. protecting. Yeh
Ling. indeed. performs the last grue
some ceremony in this tale of mys-
terious happenings. Yes, love
story, besides, and beside that there
is. too. the clever work of Carver
who in knowledge is only step be-
hind the murderer himself.
Evening star., 1923-05-06

Nesbit, W. D. First Principles Of Ad-
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Perry, Sherman. Principles of Good
Correspondence. HKC-P427p.
Richards, w. E., and Geier. o. A.
Patents Law and Practice. RIB
Robb. J. F. Patent Essentials for the
Executive, Engineer, Lawyer
and Inventor. RB-R537.
Robinson. c. e. The Find-Yourself
Idea. HKE-R563f
Rosenthal, NJ. S. Technical Procedure
in Exporting and Importing.
HKS3-R726t.
Sanders, w. r. Ice Delivery. HEJ-
Short, L. NJ. Steamboat Inspection
Service. HJW-ShSs.
Stockder, A. II. Business Ownership
Organization. Hk-St63
United States Department of Com
merce. Venezuela, a CONNER
cial and Industrial Handbook.
HE9S4-Un34.
United Typothetae Of America De-
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Trades. ZH-Un46t.
"eASer 1918. HKE-WsSscf sSscns q career
Watson. Herbert. The Knack of
Managing. HK-1W336k.
Wyman, w. F.. Export Merchandise
ing. HK83-wss5e
Young Mems Christian Association.
United Y. NJ. c. A. Schools. Ad-
vertising Fundamentals. 2v.
HkA-Y8S.
Industrial Management.
Brissenden. r. F., and Frankel, Emil.
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Lab Labor Turnover in Industry.
Factory. the Magazine II Manage
ment. Practical Ways TO Cut
Costs. TIB-F1l3p.
Grimshaw, Robert Why Manufactur-
ers Lose Money. TIB-Gss7w.
Radford, G. S. The Control of Quality
in Manufacturing. TIB-Rl13c
Simons. A. NJ Production Manage
ment. 2v. TIB-Si55p.
Simplification; What It Is Doing for
Business. TIB-Si56.
Insurance.
Alexander, William. The Art of In
surance Salesmanship. IIL-Al
Hoffman, F. L. Life Insurance Prog
ress. IIL-H67H.
johnson, ]. E.. comp. Selected Arti-
cles or. on Social Insurance. Ref.
ketcham. E. A. and Kirk, Mrs. NJ X.
Essentials of the Fire Insurance
Business. 1IF-K493e.
Lovelace. G. NJ. Analysing Life Situa-
tions for Insurance Needs. ILL.,
Richards. E. L. Automobile Insurance
Manual. IIAU-R39.
The Spectator Company, y. 7. Com
pendulum of Official Life Insur-
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Charters W. w. How to Sell at Re
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Reviews of New Books

find him, greatly subdued and still
puzzled. but, after all. on the road to
something that looks like happiness.
Just u story of life worked out Dy
ooet's vision of reality.
THE INVISIBLE GODS. BY Edith
Franklin Wyatt. author of True
Love-" etc. New York: Harper d
Bros.
This is a story of modern Ameri-
can life, being set in Chicago. 1t rs
also. in sum. the story of single
American family. These narrow linn
/, its. however permit wide differences
of character, and great variety OF
reactions to the circumstances and
situations of this narrow environ
ment. Indeed. the story covers many
of the out-standing aspects of all
modern life. IT indicates. besides, that
within this single family widely sep
arated sources OF inspiration and ac-
tion produce characters and person :
alities quite opposite. and OTTER an :
tagonistic. The dominance or TINS
strain in another. hcth of the same
family. is the invisible god that
works out life according to patterns
that puzzle and often tevrify. Around
this striking theme the author WeaNes
the drama of modern life in city or
almost pure modernism, a tSnter of
what is called progress. Very serious
and exceedingly capable work. ana
what is equally important, an inter
esting and spirited story
BLACKBOARD. BY Maxwell Boden-
helm. author of THE Sardonic
Arm" Drawings by Wallace Smith.
Chicago: Covici- i-McCee.
Take the last sentence of Black
guard" They rose from the bench
and walked away together-a noble
rascal and an ascetic prostitute
Leaving the lady, since She is not
important here. we go back TO the
story itself. which is engaged i'll es-
tablishing the claim set in this last
sentence for the Young. man. Carl
Felman by name. That he is a rascal
Mr.. Bodenheim proves indubitable. a
rascal of the rotter sort. The nobility
has not come out. yet. To he sure he
talks in gorgeous and intricate pat
terms Of speech And. to be sure. h."
is as busy in futile attempts to
destroy as he ought to be in earning
Il decent and honest living. A superior
iconoclast. Probably that is what he
is. Ben Hecht loves "Blackguard.' =
Bc would Listen to his rawlings
about ii; AN amazing book. a naive
and magical pattern of words that
offers climax to the introspective
literature of the day. Bodenheims s
style is incandescent. His phra Sc $
rise like a slow fight of Chinese
Evening star., 1923-05-06
BOOKS RECEIVED.

ENGLISH WORDS AND THEIR
; BACKGROUND. BY George H.
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THE MAKING OF 4 SAINT; Ro-
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Somerset Vaughan. author of
Moon and SiXpence." etc. Illus
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st. Botolph Society.
WHERE YOUR TREASt IL. BY
John Hastings Turner. author uf
simple Souls" New York: Charles
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EAST OF SIEZ: Play in seven
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author of The Circle etc. New
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LITTLE PIERRE. BY Anatole France.
Translation by J. Lewis May. New
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ART A>DI BY c. Lewis Hind au-
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WORLD FOR YOUNGER READ
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by Dorothy NILS. NJ. A, teacher of
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SPIRIT AND PERSONALITY; An Es-
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BY William Samuel Bishop. -. D..
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Trinitarian Doctrine in the Nicene
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York: LongmanS. Green & Co.
THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS CARE.
BY John s. EnEs. D. D. :. Boston:
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CIRCUMSTANCES MADE TO ORDER.
BY Columbus Bradford \. NJ. au-
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Boston: The Christopher Publish
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THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE.
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Carl Van Doren. New York: Boni
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