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He heard they had discovered gold in southern California, and so with a passion for gold he sold his ranch to Colonel Sutter, and away he went, never to come back. HE HEARD THEY HAD DISCOVERED GOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SO WITH A PASSION FOR GOLD HE SOLD HIS RANCH TO COLONEL SUTTER AND AWAY HE WENT NEVER TO COME BACK
swung his hat, he said to me, “Had Ali Hafed remained at home and dug in his own cellar, or underneath his own wheat-fields, or in his own garden, instead of wretchedness, starvation, and death by suicide in a strange land, he would have had ‘acres of diamonds.’ For every acre of that old farm, yes, every shovelful, afterward revealed gems which since have decorated the crowns of monarchs.” When he had added the moral to his story I saw why he reserved it for “his particular friends.” But I did not tell him I could see it. It was that mean old Arab’s way of going around a thing like a lawyer, to say indirectly what he did not dare say directly, that “in his private opinion there was a certain young man then traveling down the Tigris River that might better be at home in America.” I did not tell him I could see that, but I told him his story reminded me of one, and I told it to him quick, and I think I will tell it to you. I told him of a man out in California in 1847 who owned a ranch.  ALWAYS MORAL AS HE SWUNG HIS HAT HE SAID TO ME HAD ELIPHEDMAINED AT HOME AND DUG IN HIS OWN CELLAR OR UNDERNEATH HIS OWN WHEAT FIELDS OR IN HIS OWN GARDENS INSTEAD OF WRETCHEDNESS STARVATION AND DEATH BY SUICIDE IN A STRANGE LAND HE WOULD HAVE HAD ACRES OF DIAMONDS FOR EVERY ACRE OF THAT OLD FARM YES EVERY SHOVELFUL AFTERWARD REVEALED GEMS WHICH SINCE HAVE DECORATED THE CROWNS OF MONARCHS WHEN HE HAD ADDED THE MORAL TO THIS STORY I SAW WHY IT WAS RESERVED FOR HIS PARTICULAR FRIENDS BUT I DID NOT TELL HIM I COULD SEE IT IT WAS THAT MEAN OLD ARAB'S WAY OF GOING AROUND A THING LIKE A LAWYER TO SAY INDIRECTLY WHAT HE DID NOT DARE SAY DIRECTLY THAT IN HIS PRIVATE OPINION THERE WAS A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN THEN TRAVELLING DOWN THE TIGRIS RIVER THAT MIGHT BE BETTER AT HOME IN AMERICA I DID NOT TELL HIM I COULD SEE THAT BUT I TOLD HIM HIS STORY REMINDED ME OF ONE AND I TOLD IT TO HIM QUICK I THINK I WILL TELL IT TO YOU I TOLD HIM OF A MAN OUT IN CALIFORNIA IN EIGHTEEN FORTY SEVEN WHO OWNED A RANCH
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