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In the Driftway
July 2, 1930 issue

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There is a widespread tradition that no small boy can face a sewing machine or an alarm clock without an immediate longing to take it apart. A Drifter must confess that he never felt this urge. Perhaps the sad tale of Humpty Dumpty made too deep an impression on his young mind, or perhaps screws and cogs simply produced in him a profound inertia. Certain it is that lie never interfered with a sewing machine, no hapless clock ever strewed his nursery floor, and the ways of a machine are still shrouded in mystery.

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SEWING machines; CLOCKS & watches; DRIFTERS; CONFESSION; MACHINERY; ROGUES & vagabonds
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