Everybody yelled at him, and laughed at him, and sassed him, and he sassed back, and said he'd attend to them… — Mark Twain
Everybody yelled at him, and laughed at him, and sassed him, and he sassed back, and said he'd attend to them and lay them out in their regular turns, but he couldn't wait now, because he'd come to town to kill old Colonel Sherburn, and his motto was, "Meat first, and spoon vittles to top off on."
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