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He agreed for one half-hour to give up his watchmanship, which would be till twelve o'clock.
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During a considerable portion of the pleasant days of the year he is really the watchman upon the tower, ever on the lookout to give notice of the approach of visitors to his castle, and no one can intrude upon the premises under his self-appointed watchmanship without exciting vigorous caws, which are enthusiastically reinforced by those of his faithful subordinate.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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