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Morgan!—She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy her. Briggs of Turlumne owned her. Did you know Briggs of Turlumne?— Busted hisself in White Pine and blew out his brains down in Frisco?
Morgan!—She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy her. Briggs of Turlumne owned her. Did you know Briggs of Turlumne?— Busted hisself in White Pine and blew out his brains down in Frisco?
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Printed page 378 · quotation 16 · Bret Harte · Chiquita.
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