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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104,
by Various
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Title: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
Author: Various
Release Date: August 22, 2007 [EBook #22375]
Language: English
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.
VOL. XVII.--JUNE, 1866.--NO. CIV.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
Transcriber's Note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved to the end of the article. Contractions have been retained as they appear in each story.
CHAPTER I.
"This is the seventy-fifth pair! Pretty well for us in so short a time!" said the Colonel's wife.
"Yes, but we must give Aunt Mari