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" It can't be supposed," said Joe. " Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, " a good book, or a good newspaper, and sit me down afore a good fire, and I ask no better. Lord!" he continued, after rubbing his knees a little, " when you do come to a J and a O, and says you, 'Here, at last, is a J-O, Joe,' how interesting reading is! "