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January 16, 1943

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After You, My Dear Alphonse

Shirley Jackson

Fiction, from 1943: Mrs. Wilson was just taking the gingerbread out of the oven when she heard Johnny outside talking to someone.

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ATLAS WITH IDEAS--I

John McCarten