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Batty Bill unwittingly joined a suicide club. He soon had the misfortune to offend a fellow clubman and he was ordered by the president to commit suicide. Poor Batty tried his hardest to obey the president's order, but without success. Finally he decided to marry and live under another name. Several years passed and Batty was living contentedly with his wife when one day she received a note from her uncle saying he would visit her that day. He proved to be the clubman Batty had offended and recognizing the latter he angrily demanded to know why he was not dead. In the end, however, he said he would say no more about it, provided they would give him an heir soon. Since Batty promised, the uncle went away contented. When he came in a year's time Batty determined to be quite safe and so hired all the babies in the neighborhood.
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