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A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

by Irvin S. Cobb

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§ 213 A Competition Which Was Open to All

Two gentlemen connected with the cloakings and suitings trade went to the Catskills on their vacations. Shortly after their arrival they took a tramp among the hills.

“I wish,” said one, “that I owned that tallest mountain yonder and that it was all solid gold.”

“That’s a lovely thought,” said the other approvingly. “Say, Ike, if that mountain was solid gold and you owned it all by yourself would you give me some of it, huh?”

“Certainly I wouldn’t!” said Ike. “Wish yourself a mountain.”

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