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NOT A BOOK AGENT.
There is a general of local fame, says The San Francisco Chronicle, who went through a very unhappy quarter of an hour a week or so ago. He had just returned from the East. There he made the acquaintance of a young gentleman who is engaged to be married to a very charming Oakland girl, and he took the opportunity, when the general was leaving, to load him down with messages of love and a book for his fiancee. The gallant warrior undertook the commission with all willingness, and when he had rested from his trip, he started off one Sunday morning for Oakland, with the book under his arm. He sought out the address given to him, for the young lady was a stranger to him, and as he approached he saw a lady seated on the steps of an Oakland villa. He opened the gate and walked in with an imposing martial air. She eyed him with an unfavorable look.
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