The Importance of Swearing

One day i'm mister twickham from new orleans. Another day i'm just come from my plantation on pearl river, where i work 700 niggers. Then again, i come out a distant relation of henry clay or some old cock in kentuck. Talents is different, you know. Now, tom's roar when there's any thumping or fighting to be done, but at lyine, he ain't good, tom. It don't come natural to him. But lord, if thar's a feller in the country that can swear to anything and everything and put in all the circumstances and flourishes with a long face and cart through better'

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