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...called "Marmaduke." In this comedy a story will be told of the many troubles, mostly humorous, that will overtake a man who allows his good nature and good disposition to be imposed upon. Marmaduke is the name of a wealthy Californian of the present day, whose palatial residence on "Nob Hill," where he keeps open house, is over-run by hangers-on, and whose boundless hospitality is shamefully abused. He is particularly beset by two so-called friends, who use his house as their own for selfish ends, the one to provide his daily food and lodgings, the other...
Spencer's right was skillfully stopped by Sampson, who got onto his opponent's nob with his one-two. In the second attempt Sampson's right was more successful then Spencer's had been, for he caught him a clipper on the ivory-box, Paul retaliating on the top of Phil's brain-pan with his Dexter fin. [Clipper...
...that it was impossible for him to defend himself. Not a muscle moved; he preserved a stolid indifference as our lecturer squared off in front of him, and (in the language of the "Clipper" reporter, who sat next me) "let out his bunch of fives, caught him on the nob, and drew the claret profusely." "See," cried the Professor, "It is impossible for him to resist that attack!" It was, indeed. These exhibitions of brutality were made two or three times every lecture, until Professor Reid's features were wholly undistinguishable, and he was inclined to doubt the testimony...