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However , Mr. Watts made no motion toward his well-known hip pocket . Instead , he rose , flushed slightly , and accepted the hand offered him . `` I 'm glad to see you , Mr. Watts , '' said the journalist , cordially . `` Also , if you are running with the circus and calculate on doing business here to-day , I 'll have to see that you are fired out of town before noon . How are you ? You 're looking extremely well . '' `` Mr. Harkless , '' answered Watts , `` I cherish no hard feelings , and I never said but what you done exactly right when I left , three years ago .