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12 April, 22:06

All of the following excerpts contain vernacular language that vividly captures the characters in Calaveras County except -

a. "At the door I met the sociable Mr. Wheeler returning ... "

b. "There couldn't be no solitry thing mentioned but that feller'd offer to bet on it ... "

c. "Thish-yer Smiley has a mare-the boys called her the fifteen-minute nag, but that was only in fun, you

know ... "

d. "always fetch up at the stand just about a neck ahead, as near as you could cipher it down ..."

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