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QUiNNEY was th"l oqe ewe
lamb of JosepJi and ~us.n ~uinrley
-the very ~pple of I.thei,r eycs-a\nd
Ujlon whom
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~el~or'Dge,!no'Dm ' ~\'Y, , and so' Jo!, had been
H" lmch! up amongb-t' the real
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Indeed; in, hjs?)"utb he le",:h'ed e '
Ii w.o rmhobng P-that '" ,as he maHo
~I~ce" , o; .old oak- ever so more venerable.! - .
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somewhat' of a. curmudgeon .

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saip to his ~on, "Don't
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Biddlecom ~ !," ,Alld as lr~
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for dogs," they kept IlPt
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businkss, and .in 1his . . ,'
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On the , night of the funeral ,
,round to Mrs. Bid.neeomb,~k;'
Sn'San, gij,es her _I reSOUndingf jJs
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her-.mother J an.d an~ounce8 thei }m-"
m\Mlj,ete' marriage .
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and 'go, in fQ r: .t he best'antiques \
POSy~
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Susan , us,eel, t~ , dustr , the C lila (: I J
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'she assisted him. . ·
tho. firm " .QuinneY~," andl ..'
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the denIo It 'was some ten years , Posy screamed
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Posy arrived~and
itl ,t~t~ih~~~,~~:i~:~ Susa"; would not~ ha.ve this, .He said,1 "I don!t
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and" Joe, throuJl;~ fh'l, day. ;..nd pretty. , IWheD Il~k at
that. a~v.fu~ SU8~nse, v.a;8 ~errer ' a.nd y.ou cou~d see hllIl: ~onnt,;." .
IH•.Ic,;entor tJ>au elther"before or s1l;'<>:: \ He, ~~e nqw fin~sli~ a~~lc!e.
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'iO',em,n' vow', -Shculd S,,:sa~ .livr' h.e , ,.The quesbo 15, ~hat ~m . I gOlD~
again run or~oked ill His ~USI' 'l\.ti1 s\1c" a f oy PIece?
'I would lieU 'g enpine. a.ntiques "a's
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u 'f aked" stuffs as It fak~s. 1t
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~',; U1IS Qj1:sinru;s, pro;perY:,- He. "was di6~j:~:~
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),ossibilitlies in a provin.cial qity.
must launch out~: ' , ho said, '/'and
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CUrIOS; )here qame collectors and buyerw .

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fascin3ted -a~ her - tI. a

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true home, ~ut 'dommant Joe would
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. , ' 'ro th_e 'f'.~eat city he in·
. to Lond n lie went. I H e
expetjences ' the Wen End
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fame, '
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in the ,South of England, where the
pr im cip''nls! imph.rted a 'finishing cducntiODt
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fJ'bl,(>ln.t·~·" on ,M onaay '. , $ep~erri]Jer ' ,~lte .
in·' h~r,' io'?{e' offair$.

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In doe QuInney'S famoua laliG.... cabInet,
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nOW. ., The: ;'f1j,"rn'~riUl
nlYlW $ea~s slwuld certaintu
with q,'
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Joe Quinney was

dOl" nii, ,,,1 to g;ve her .. good tiIi\~. : She had
of pocket njoney.. ' ~"" '. and her
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to ,many 'pla.ys , ·more concerts,
shows" beloved of N on. orlfo/mit,v: ' P~sy developea ' into' a v&y
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Her father was delighted with
I,er in his oroad YorkBhiro
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rl~grri:atiQ,' socialistic theories
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