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Johnny," Dally said in a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before. "Johnny, I ain't mad at you. I just know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh, blast it, Johnny...you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me..."
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