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| 1883 | 1 |
1 story matching waitin
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:wain, wait, waitbi, waiter, waif, wail
- The Art of Getting Helped
A clever traveler tricks two impatient men into doing the labor he was too tired to finish.