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 tion: signifying that that pernicious liquor has at length found its proper receptacle: for, when the wine is in, the brain is out."

Saying these words, he put a dollar into the hands of the Sexton, who instantly stood spell-bound by the talismanic influence of the coin, while Mr. Escot walked off in triumph with the skull of Cadwallader.