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`` Like as not it ai n't , Pa. . Sold many crullers t ' - day ? '' `` I 've sold all I 've made , up t ' this batch , Markie , an ' I 've been putterin ' over the heat since the mornin ' meal . '' `` Well , I 'll lay the things on fur the noon meal , Pa , you tend t ' business . '' `` But you ai n't slept , Markie . Up all night an ' no sleep nex ' day ! ' T wo n't do , Markie , now will it ? ''