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I found out that Sam bought eight hundred dollars’ worth of old–style currency. That ought to set him up in a nice little hay, feed and grain business; he always said that’s what he really wished he could do, and he certainly can’t go back to his old business.
Q. Which place did Sam reach?
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I found out that Sam bought eight hundred dollars’ worth of old–style currency. That ought to set him up in a nice little hay, feed and grain business; he always said that’s what he really wished he could do, and he certainly can’t go back to his old business.
Q. How was Sam at the new place?
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I found out that Sam bought eight hundred dollars’ worth of old–style currency. That ought to set him up in a nice little hay, feed and grain business; he always said that’s what he really wished he could do, and he certainly can’t go back to his old business.
Q. What was the date on the letter?
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I found out that Sam bought eight hundred dollars’ worth of old–style currency. That ought to set him up in a nice little hay, feed and grain business; he always said that’s what he really wished he could do, and he certainly can’t go back to his old business.
Q. How was Sam’s occupation?
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That night, among my oldest first–day covers, I found one that shouldn’t have been there. But there it was. It was there because someone had mailed it to my grandfather at his home in Galesburg; that’s what the address on the envelope said.
Q. What did ‘I’ find one night?
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That night, among my oldest first–day covers, I found one that shouldn’t have been there. But there it was. It was there because someone had mailed it to my grandfather at his home in Galesburg; that’s what the address on the envelope said.
Q. Who had mailed the letter to ‘I‘?
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That night, among my oldest first–day covers, I found one that shouldn’t have been there. But there it was. It was there because someone had mailed it to my grandfather at his home in Galesburg; that’s what the address on the envelope said.
Q. What is a first-day cover?
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That night, among my oldest first–day covers, I found one that shouldn’t have been there. But there it was. It was there because someone had mailed it to my grandfather at his home in Galesburg; that’s what the address on the envelope said.
Q. Which date and picture did the envelope carry?
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‘That ain’t money, mister,’’ he said, ‘‘and if you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far,’’ and he glanced at the cash drawer beside him. Of course, the money was old–style bills, half again as big as the money we use nowadays, and different–looking. I turned away and got out fast. There’s nothing nice about jail, even in 1894.
Q. Who is ‘He’ here?
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‘That ain’t money, mister,’’ he said, ‘‘and if you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far,’’ and he glanced at the cash drawer beside him. Of course, the money was old–style bills, half again as big as the money we use nowadays, and different–looking. I turned away and got out fast. There’s nothing nice about jail, even in 1894.
Q. Why could ‘I’ not buy tickets?
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‘That ain’t money, mister,’’ he said, ‘‘and if you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far,’’ and he glanced at the cash drawer beside him. Of course, the money was old–style bills, half again as big as the money we use nowadays, and different–looking. I turned away and got out fast. There’s nothing nice about jail, even in 1894.
Q. What did ‘I’ demand at the ticket–window?
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‘That ain’t money, mister,’’ he said, ‘‘and if you’re trying to skin me, you won’t get very far,’’ and he glanced at the cash drawer beside him. Of course, the money was old–style bills, half again as big as the money we use nowadays, and different–looking. I turned away and got out fast. There’s nothing nice about jail, even in 1894.
Q. Why did Charley run back from the third level?
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To make sure, I walked over to a newsboy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was ‘The World;’ and ‘The World’ hasn’t been published for years.
Q. What is ‘The World’ in the above lines?
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To make sure, I walked over to a newsboy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was ‘The World;’ and ‘The World’ hasn’t been published for years.
Q. What other things did ‘I’ there?
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To make sure, I walked over to a newsboy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was ‘The World;’ and ‘The World’ hasn’t been published for years.
Q. Where did he see ‘The World’?
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To make sure, I walked over to a newsboy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was ‘The World;’ and ‘The World’ hasn’t been published for years.
Q. How did Charley confirm the specific date of the era that he had gone into?
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I’ve been in and out of Grand Central hundreds of times, but I’m always bumping into new doorways and stairs and corridors. Once, I got into a tunnel about a mile long and came out in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. Another time, I came up in an office building on Forty–sixth Street, three blocks away.
Q. From which story have these lines been taken?
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I’ve been in and out of Grand Central hundreds of times, but I’m always bumping into new doorways and stairs and corridors. Once, I got into a tunnel about a mile long and came out in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. Another time, I came up in an office building on Forty–sixth Street, three blocks away.
Q. How did Charley land up at the third level of the Grand Central Station?
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I’ve been in and out of Grand Central hundreds of times, but I’m always bumping into new doorways and stairs and corridors. Once, I got into a tunnel about a mile long and came out in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. Another time, I came up in an office building on Forty–sixth Street, three blocks away.
Q. Why does Charley say it is easy to get lost at the Grand Central Station?
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I’ve been in and out of Grand Central hundreds of times, but I’m always bumping into new doorways and stairs and corridors. Once, I got into a tunnel about a mile long and came out in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. Another time, I came up in an office building on Forty–sixth Street, three blocks away.
Q. What does Charley compare Grand Central Station to?
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