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"All the animosities of Domejko and Dowejko proceeded, strange to

say, from the very unfortunate similarity of their names. For

when, at the time of the district diets,89 the friends of Dowejko

were recruiting partisans, some one would whisper to a gentleman,

'Give your vote to Dowejko'; but he, not hearing quite correctly,

would give his vote to Domejko. Once when, at a banquet, the

Marshal Rupejko proposed a toast, 'Vivat Dowejko,' others shouted

'Domejko'; and the guests sitting in the middle did not know what

to do, especially considering one's indistinct speech at dinner

time.