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Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Must
Prairie
Even
Hospitality
Way
Passes
Feed
Shoot
Limited
Enemy
Country

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