CHAPTER XXIV

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The Piazza of the Big House on the Hill--John Crawford the Human Wreck, and Egbert Crawford on the Eve of Marriage--Chanticleer on the Garden Fence, with Remembrances of Peter and Judas Iscariot--John Crawford instructs his Expectant Son-in-law--Arrival of the Domestic Post, with a Letter of Import--A Hit or a Miss?--Strida la Vampa 372

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