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Brookings man. known by many here as “M ike” De Bruin. Mike now
lives in Calfornia. The story is in keeping with the T hanksgiving
spird, because of what a few people did. Mike refers to Brookings
th nict st rom m i.nity I have even know n.” The story w as printed
fir t •( ' tin 's W e kl> .tam p n ew s, a stam p collectors paper of na­
tional circulation. V ie article w as brought to the atten tion of the
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fo r a n in te r v ie w fo r in c w ith a
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b e t t e r w h e n I w e n t h o m e th a t
e v e n in g .
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m e th e b o n e huci n o t h e a le d a n d
t h a t 1 w o u ld h a v e to w e a r a c a s t
fo r tw o m o n th s . T h e w o r d “des-
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s t r a n g e c o u n tr y , w i t h o u t a jo b ,
w i t h o u t f r ie n u s a n d f a m ily , all
a lo n e in a h o r r i b le p la c e , b o u n d
I m b e d fo r tw o m o n th s , a n d w ith
t u l l e m om y le ft.
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1 a y . i»is r e a c tio n 1 s h a ll n e v e r
l o r g e t a s lo n g as 1 liv e — it m a d e
m e c ry in sid e . A ll h e s a id w a s,
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