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One dark night,—

when people were in bed,

Old Mrs. Leary lit a lantern in her shed;

The cow kicked it over, winked its eye and

said”There’ll be a hot time

in the old town tonight.”

~Anon.,

quoted in the Chicago Evening Post

The Contact

What is the chief end of man?

—to get rich.

In what way?

—dishonestly if we can;

honestly if we must.

Mark Twain, 1871

The Setup

It was beautiful and simple

as all truly great swindles are.

~O. Henry

Annual income twenty pounds,

annual expenditure nineteen six,

result happiness.

~Charles Dickens