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 DUKES AND UNBORN CAR HORSES

I told Mark Twain of the Princes and Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, "in meeting assembled" at London, who had protested against the expulsion of their kinsman, Dom Pedro, from the throne of Brazil.

"Just as efficacious as if the car horses that remain unbred since the arrival of the trolley sued the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, or the Third Avenue electric line, for murder," snapped Mark. 69