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††«~...... i  thought, so i  smoked a pipe and  got ......~«††
†«~....... dressed,  and   outside  the   rain  had .......~«†
«~........ turned into  snow so  thick that it  was ........~«
~......... as dense fog ... and then i went  to get .........~
«~........ the mail, but  there was  a woman and we ........~«
†«~....... talked a little. now because i  was high .......~«†
††«~...... and it  was snowing  so funny  and i had ......~«††
¤††«~..... an umbrella against the  snow,  but snow .....~«††¤
£¤††«~.... all over my  face anyway, and i wondered ....~«††¤£
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