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John Taintor Foote. Blister Jones
Blister Jones
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"Micky's standin' in the track leanin' against Hamilton" … … _Frontispiece_
BLISTER JONES
BLISTER
TWO RINGERS
WANTED--A RAINBOW
SALVATION
A TIP IN TIME
TRÈS JOLIE
[Illustration: "Très Jolie!" he shrieked.]
OLE MAN SANFORD
CLASS
[Illustration: "I see the Elefant stamp him."]
EXIT BUTSY
THE BIG TRAIN
THE END
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John Taintor Foote
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Things go along like this till I'm busted right. No, I ain't busted—I'm past that. I owes the woman where I eats, I owes the feed man, I owes the plater, 'n' I owes every gink that'll stand fur a touch.
"One day a messenger boy comes 'n' leans against the stall door 'n' pokes a yellow envelope at me.