The Man in Possession — page 59: what you’re looking at

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54 THE MAN IN POSSESSION. There’s a power o’ things in the larder there—not for- getting a drop o’ whiskey for the master when he’s able to drink it.” ‘‘T would rather you had only bought what was strictly necessary, ’ said the girl. ‘‘And isn’t the drop o’ comfort necessary ? and he, poor man, that wake and low in his spirits, and all that doctor's stuff poured into his poor stomach day forday. Ah, whist now, Miss Kate, and don’t be for findin’ faultwid me. I know the master’s ways, lavin’ alone his tastes.” Kate sighed and said no more. COMICIDOOKS. C(O)