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I I'OOLISH IOOLISH ' OLI < ; H to get down to your last lastgallon lasta lastgallon a gallon of gasoline gasolme Kate Lawson Lawsonknew Lawsonknew Lawsonknew knew It but when you are down to toyour toyour toyour your last quarter there Is nothIng nothIngelse nothingelse nothingelse else to do Fort inately mately Kate man managed managed managed aged to start her flivver and alld arid once oncestarted oncestarted oncestarted started she flit hIt ft It that Ulat she C ci { uld old get getto getto getto to town where- where whereshe - - - she had t I er n IT Ic onth s a sallowance aallowance sallowance allowance in her i urs urse-bhc urse bhc urse - bh hhe . could couldget couldget couldget get her tank full agdin agdln again 11 TI Tie e hn ira hnportant iraportant irnportant portant th Ui ng rig w Slit s n Ii t to stop on onthe onthe onthe the wayAnd wayAnd way wayAnd And Kate w i t lldl ldt ld [ t I have htlve st at pped It if Itshe ifshe Ifshe she hadn hadri t been distracted by the thesight thesight thesight sight of a dignified lo 10 kinj klnl kink . , young youngman youngman youngman man sitting on 011 the edge of the high highway highway highway way with a flshir ftshlI g pa p < ( Ie le the end of ofwhich ofwhich ofwhich which dangled in a battired battlred battred tin pall pail pallThe pailThe pailThe The young man roan w re Te a t f I olscap ai al at d don don don on his brenst br'Allt brAllt breast ( ' a placard or beinng be-arang be arang > 'lrlng lrlng ' - tie tiewords tt U e ewords ewords words SIMPLE SIMILE . . 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