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"I draw the line at the mizzentop," observed Blackstone. "The dignity of the bench must and shall be preserved, and I'll never consent to climb up that rigging, getting pitch and paint on my ermine, no matter who asks me to go." [Picture: Judge Blackstone refuses to climb to the mizzentop] "Whomsoever I tell to go, shall go," put in Holmes, firmly. "I am commander of this ship. It will pay you to remember that, Judge Blackstone." "And I am the Court of Appeals," retorted Blackstone, hotly. I DRAW THE LINE AT THE MIZENTOP OBSERVED BLACKSTONE THE DIGNITY OF THE BENCH MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED AND I'LL NEVER CONSENT TO CLIMB UP THAT RIGGING GETTING PICKED AND PINK ON MY ERMINE NO MATTER WHO ASKS ME TO GO WHOMSOEVER I TELL TO GO SHALL GO PUT IN HOLMES FIRMLY I AM COMMANDER OF THIS SHIP IT WILL PAY YOU TO REMEMBER THAT JUDGE BLACKSTONE AND I AM THE COURT OF APPEALS RETORTED BLACKSTONE HOTLY
now who discovered America.” “So should I,” observed Leif Ericson, with a wink at Vespucci. “Tut!” retorted Columbus. “I did it, and the world knows it, whether you claim it or not.” “Yes, just as Noah discovered Ararat,” replied Pinzon. “You sat upon the deck until we ran plumb into an island, after floating about for three months, and then you couldn’t tell it from a continent, even when you had it right before your eyes. Noah might just as well have told his family that he discovered a roof garden as for you to go back to Spain telling ’em all that San Salvador was the United States.” “Well, I don’t care,” said Columbus, with a short laugh. “I’m the one they celebrate, so what’s the odds? I’d rather stay down here in the smoking-room enjoying a small game, anyhow, than climb up that mast and strain my eyes for ten or a dozen hours looking for evidence to prove or disprove the correctness of another man’s theory. I wouldn’t know evidence when I saw it, anyhow. Send Judge Blackstone.” NEVER DID WELL I LIKE THAT RETORTED COLUMBUS I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO DISCOVERED AMERICA SO SHOULD I OBSERVED LAKE ERICSSON WITH A WINK AT THE FUGI TUT RETORTED COLUMBUS I DID IT AND THE WORLD KNOWS IT WHETHER YOU CLAIM IT OR NOT YES JUST AS NOAH DISCOVERED ARARAT REPLIED PINSON YOU SAT UPON THE DECK UNTIL WE RAN PLUMB INTO AN ISLAND AFTER FLOATING ABOUT FOR THREE MONTHS AND THEN YOU COULDN'T TELL IT FROM A CONTINENT EVEN WHEN YOU HAD IT RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES NOAH MIGHT JUST AS WELL HAVE TOLD HIS FAMILY HE DISCOVERED A ROOF GARDEN AS FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO SPAIN TELLING MA THAT SAN SALVADOR WAS THE UNITED STATES WELL I'T CARE SAID COLUMBUS WITH A SHORT LAUGH I'M THE ONE THEY CELEBRATE SO WHAT'S THE ODD I'D RATHER STAY DOWN HERE IN THE SMOKING ROOM ENJOYING A SMALL GAME ANYHOW THAN CLIMB UP THAT MAST AND STRAIN MY EYES FOR TEN OR A DOZEN HOURS LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE TO PROVE OR DISPROVE THE CORRECTNESS OF ANOTHER MAN'S THEORY I WOULDN'T KNOW EVIDENCE WHEN I SAW IT ANYHOW THEN JUDGE BLACKSTONE
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