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muet do a lot of "head scratching"thisycar . . will he listen to the fainthearts or follow the forwardlooherE . if he decides that there is business to be had, if he hustles for it, he must get the ammunitionto hgstle with . . he looks over his inventory and lists what he needs to fill out his lines and brighten up his stock.

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