And now I tell you, boys, I’m going to settle down on ..., and raise ..., and try and cultivate ..., and establish for myself ..., and see if I can’t be ..., as well as other folks. But if anybody here wants to know what ... is, or is anxious to see ... with his own eyes, and to pay well for the sight, too, out of his own pocket, I’d just advise him to go to New York as soon as possible. And I guess my advice is worth something, if you do get it for nothing; for you see I’ve lost all my money and new clothes, and got nothing in exchange but.... [read all the cards that remain.]
PHRASES TO SUPPLY THE BLANKS.
A broken jackknife.
A flock of crows.
A carpenter’s chest.
A pinch of snuff.
A humbug.
A new idea.
This, that, and the other.
A bureau drawer.