The Treasury And The Arms

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Title:     The Treasury And The Arms
Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce]

A Public Treasury, feeling Two Arms lifting out its contents, exclaimed:

"Mr. Shareman, I move for a division."

"You seem to know something about parliamentary forms of speech," said the Two Arms.

"Yes," replied the Public Treasury, "I am familiar with the hauls of legislation."

[The end]
Ambrose Bierce's short story: The Treasury And The Arms

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