Hammerless guns and Yankee bluster on a train
An editor from Nova Scotia debates a supposed American about guns while a bearded man from Meriden exposes the bluff. The exchange unfolds on a Boston train as the Nova Scotian clumsily claims a hammerless Parker and the American reveals his true identity and parting remark.
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John Bullish
Nova Scotia
Boston
Stoke-on-Trent
England
Cape Breton
Gun Club
Tam
London
Mr. Parker
the Gun Works
Meriden
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