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Fifty people swindled!

Karl W. Palachuk
June 21, 2011

A newsboy was standing on the corner with a stack of papers, yelling, “Read all about it; Fifty people swindled! Fifty people swindled!”

I was curious, so I bought a paper, and said, “Hey kid, this is an old paper, where’s the story about the big swindle?”

The newsboy ignored me and went on yelling, “Read all about it; Fifty-one people swindled!”
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