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Trunk shopping misadventures and a satire on vanity
A narrator recounts a comic shopping trip with his wife as she tests numerous trunks. The salesman, overwhelmed by absurd requests and by the wife’s meticulous measuring, endures comical pratfalls. The tale ends with the couple leaving trunk aisles in laughter and exhaustion.
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Howdy
Custom House
Insue
Amel Rives
Virginia
Billy
First Bank
Tseu- Inc
Sid Aahl
Spencer's
People's
Juste Spencer
Aesignees
People’s Bank
Wright & Buerhans
E.A. Guthrie
Athens
Weldy
Hon. J
Braxee
Tanewater
Samuel and
Munroe Spencer
Bright
L. J. Burgess
W. D. Wilson
Jesse Spencer
People's Bank
People's Bunt
Pum
Ind M. Spencer
Earth
Hravon
Miles
Demorest
Tad
Elang Taneiil Warn
Yong
Jon
Mike Mo
Ile
Ly) Herat
Liverpool Mercury
Mirine
Cape Horn