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It had a neglected yard around it, with a paling fence that needed straightening up in places, and a gate that would stay shut. By the door post were several modest tin signs. "Col. Mulberry Sellers, Attorney at Law and Claim Agent," was the principal one. IT HAD A NEGLECTED YARD AROUND IT WITH A PALING FENCE THAT NEEDED STRAIGHTENING UP IN PLACES AND A GATE THAT WOULD STAY SHUT BY THE DOORPOST WERE SEVERAL MODEST TIN SIGNS COLONEL MOWBRAY SELLERS ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CLAIM AGENT WAS THE PRINCIPAL ONE
abeled, "The Rossmore Estates." On the opposite wall was another map, and this was the most imposing decoration of the establishment, and the first to catch a stranger's attention, because of its great size. It had once borne simply the title SIBERIA, but now the word "FUTURE" had been written in front of that word. There were other additions, in red ink--many cities, with great populations set down, scattered over the vast country at points where neither cities nor populations exist to-day. One of these cities, with population placed at 1,500,000, bore the name "Libertyorloffskoizalinski," and there was a still more populous one, centrally located and marked "Capitol," which bore the name "Freedomslovnaivenovich." The mansion--the Colonel's usual name for the house--was a rickety old two-story frame of considerable size, which had been painted, some time or other, but had nearly forgotten it. It was away out in the ragged edge of Washington, and had once been somebody's country place.  NEWLY LABELED THE ROSS MOOR ESTATES ON THE OPPOSITE WALL WAS ANOTHER MAP AND THIS WAS THE MOST IMPOSING DECORATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE FIRST TO CATCH A STRANGER'S ATTENTION BECAUSE OF ITS GREAT SIZE IT HAD ONCE BORNE SIMPLY THE TITLE SIBERIA BUT NOW THE WORD FUTURE HAD BEEN WRITTEN IN FRONT OF THAT WORD THERE WERE OTHER EDITIONS IN RED INK MANY CITIES WITH GREAT POPULATION SET DOWN SCATTERED OVER THE VAST COUNTRY AT POINTS WHERE NEITHER CITIES NOR POPULATIONS EXIST TO DAY ONE OF THESE CITIES WITH POPULATION PLACED AT ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BORE THE NAME LIBERTY OR LOLOVSKOY OLYNSKI AND THERE WAS A STILL MORE POPULOUS ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED AND MARKED CAPITAL WHICH BORE THE NAME FRIEDOM SLAVNA IVANOVITCH THE MANSION THE COLONEL'S USUAL NAME FOR THE HOUSE WAS A RICKETY OLD TWO STORY FRAME OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE WHICH HAD BEEN PAINTED SOME TIME OR OTHER BUT HAD NEARLY FORGOTTEN IT IT WAS AWAY OUT IN THE RAGGED EDGE OF WASHINGTON AND HAD ONCE BEEN SOMEBODY'S COUNTRY PLACE
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