"I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker, and looked on while he
took her to pieces. Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this
thing was getting serious. The watch had cost two hundred dollars
originally, and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs.
While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an
old acquaintance -- a steamboat engineer of other days, and not a good
engineer, either. He examined all the parts carefully, just as the other
watchmakers had done, and then delivered his verdict with the same
confidence of manner. He said: "She makes too much steam -- you want to hang
the monkey-wrench on the safety valve!" I brained him on the spot, and had
him buried at my own expense."

Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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katysails wrote:

A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer?
Shouldn't
he be above plagiarism? (snort)

Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to
automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source,
and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen)
--
Flying Tadpole

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