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The Sucker and the Oyster Swallower in a Lakeland Oddity
A bustling street scene unfolds around a gullible mark who pays two bits for a dozen oysters amid comic banter. The showman promises a wager of two chickens per dozen, then a live oyster is allegedly swallowed whole, prompting panic among spectators as the reader learns the improvised misadventure turns toward peril and slapstick.
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