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Lorne John “Gump” Worsley was a professional ice hockey goaltender. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, ‘Gump’ was given his nickname because friends thought he looked like comic-strip character Andy Gump.
... I got a good place amongst the leaves, and set there on a log, munching the bread and watching the ferry-boat, and very well satisfied. And then something struck me. I says, now I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would find me, and here it has gone and done it. So there ain’t no doubt but there is something in that thing—that is, there’s something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it do... SparkNotes No Fear Literature: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapter 8
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