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I SSTER LE YOU-WISE YES-MY FAMILY-GONE? J f SEE 'EM 1 I THINK I SHALL HAVE I
( BEYOND HER YEARS, BUT WHO 1 EXCEPTFOR MEMORIES-. Ml AGAIN ( ImuCH CHANCE TO GO- J
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BUT HERE NOW I HAVE f NAMES DO NOT MATTER MUCH? m J ( H ? 1 - uT 1
I FOUND MY FAMILY w ON 1 HERE I AM CALLED NICK KNU J, THE I ITwHY I-I'M Y$ ORPHAN"? NO
I CHRISTMAS EVE-IS IT ) JUNKMAN l BUY AND SELL-AND 1 j ANNIE TOO 1- WHILENICK KNU J J
I NOT A SIGN? AGAIN I AM YOU? MY UTTLE SISTER'S NAME WAS I f l?0 ll uvK YOU SHALL I
7' """""""""J""""""""! I" ONE HEARS MANY THINGS, "NfMY FAMILY"- PREACHERS AND l
AND YOU,MOTHER THEN YOU'VE HEARD THAT 1 I If Mother.OLd FAMILIES -NEW I PIRATES-BIG SHOTS AND BUMS- ll
THEY CALL YOU MY FAMIIY CAME FROM THE I I 11 FAMIMESlWHAT MATTERSTSO I IN YOU, NICK, IS THE STRONG, NEW
MOTHER M'KEE "OLD COUNTRY" IN 16SO- J I If NG AS THERE IS FAMILY? I BLOOD MY FAMILY OUR COUNTRY- I
1 HAVE HEARD THAT I CLAIM TO OWN I I R vndERINQ 1 NEEDS! ".JUST FOR A MOMENT,
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