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seemed to be willing to vote for him through his willingness to be "one of [[strikethrough]] [[? ? ?]] [[/strikethrough]] the boys".
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And about the steward: - If there's one thing the English servants know it is their place as servants and their duty as servants. After being in the care of this best-of-all-I've-seen-waiters I dare put into writing that if my dream house ever comes to a reality I want nothing more in the line of a butler and kind than an Englishman such as we had on the trip over.
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And the custom of having one's boots well [[strikethrough]] taken care [[/strikethrough]] polished every morning is better and better as I think it over. It could well be made more of in America, this practice.

Only in some places in France, they have hit [[the?]] brush - and blacking on tan shoes makes a bit of a name-it-and-you-can-have-it!!