"I bet you can't spell my name," says I. "I bet you what you dare I can," says he. "All right," says I, "go ahead." "G-e-o-r-g-e J-a-x-o-n - there now," he says. "Well," says I, "you done it, but I didn't think you could. It ain't no slouch of a name to spell - right off without studying." I set it down, private, because somebody might want ME to spell it next, and so I wanted to be handy with it and rattle it off like I was used to it.

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