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Neighborly debt and a trick in a 19th century tale
A long story recounts Gooding pressuring Jenkins for a three hundred dollar debt. Jenkins denies omitting a promised fifty dollars, fends off payment with excuses, and manipulates a clerk to avoid admitting the full claim. Later, a staged carriage reveal forces Jenkins to acknowledge the debt, but the ruse ends with a partial settlement and a safe, humorous reconciliation.
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Mr. Jenkins
Jenkins
Celm
Hiro
Aiman
Hhem
Lfe
Gooding
Atlas
Neighbor Gooding
Tee
Fig
Friend Gooding
Jenking
Ozry
Harry Williams
Bere
Charley
Harry
Williams
Erastus Chase
Ashuelot Vaey
Keene
N. el) Sentinel