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And so on . . .
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Friends and neighbors;

It seems to me that later in life our old friend often took to ending
paragraphs with the phrase "And so on," as in The Man that Corrupted
Hadleyburg.  I believe it suggests the futile and repetitive nature of
various things. . . .

Can LIST-members provide me with more examples of this phenomenon?  The real
stumper would be the first appearance of this phrasing in MT, but that is
another matter . . .

Best, --Hal B.

Harold K. Bush
Saint Louis University

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