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Pamphlets on Honesty

Lum and Abner · February 12, 1942 · 12 min · 635 words

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I believe that's our ring. Hi, Dogy's. Long, I'll believe you. Right. Now see. Hello, Johnum Downstone. This is Roman. Let's see what's going on down in time. The Johnum Down store is now completely furnished and ready for Daugini Smith to move in with his printing press.

Confident that this generous move on their part will give them a decided advantage in the contest to win the $10,000 which Daugini's is offering. As you look in on the little community, we find... The dogies ain't you down awful early this morning?

Early. Well, I've been here for three hours already. I set up till about nine, ten o'clock last night working on these pants. Did you say you working on pamphlets? Yeah, grainies, Abner. This is a best-born idea.

Now I've decided to become a... Does he want somebody to help you? Well, I never hear him say he did, but I reckon he does. That's a good idea, long. Fairly you all start thinking of somebody's for pamphlets too.

You better leave this. I wouldn't. Wouldn't love good, that's all. Dodge needs my species, we just... Ain't we? Yeah, but we get to be more subtile about it. Couple of weeks at least. See why I can't think up of some of these two longs.

This one's called, um, Him Who Is On Us. Him Who Is On Us? We'll try, I'll buy here, Dad. But I think I ought to have her wrecking out, or to just take the name of Lincoln for the contest.

Oh, of course not. Well, Lincoln was known for being awful on us. Of course he was, but that ain't gonna help you no way. Hey, huh. Listen, Abner, I've been studying them together and both have one of us women.

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