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40 Sometimes, Gen'l, yo' kin tak' an' lead a mule up to de troff—[, lying up papers, protests, laughingly] but eff he tak' it into his haid not to drink—wall—yo' cain' do nothin' 'bout it.

Uncle, you never said a word about drink. You've been warning me to eat all day. [To .] What do you think I've been doing, father?

The Lord knows! Everybody's work, as usual, I suppose.

I've been building a National Bank.

Well, you can't do it on an empty stomach.

Why not? I'm doing it on an empty Treasury.

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[To , who is going toward door .] Uncle Zeke, you go and get up the best supper you know how, and I'll see that the Colonel eats it. And a bottle of wine.