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"It's just as good as done, my boy, just as good as done. Shake hands. We'll hitch teams together, you and I, and we'll make things hum!" IT'S JUST AS GOOD AS DONE MY BOY JUST AS GOOD AS DONE SHAKE HANDS WE'LL HITCH TEAMS TOGETHER YOU AND I AND WE'LL MAKE THINGS HUM
 I didn't." Washington was dazed by this most unexpected demonstration. "Why, Colonel, there's nothing _to_ it. That little, narrow, desolate, unpeopled, oblong streak of grass and gravel, lost in the remote wastes of the vast continent--why, it's like representing a billiard table--a discarded one." "Tut-tut, it's a great, it's a staving preferment, and just opulent with influence here." "Shucks, Colonel, I haven't even a vote." "That's nothing; you can make speeches." "No, I can't. The population only two hundred----" "That's all right, that's all right----" "And they hadn't any right to elect me; we're not even a territory; there's no Organic Act; the Government hasn't any official knowledge of us whatever." "Never mind about that; I'll fix that. I'll rush the thing through; I'll get you organized in no time." "_Will_ you, Colonel--it's _too_ good of you; but it's just your old sterling self, the same old, ever-faithful friend," and the grateful tears welled up in Washington's eyes. D YOU WERE BORN FOR HIGH DISTINCTION AND WOULD ACHIEVE IT YOU ASK POLLY IF I DIDN'T WASHINGTON WAS DAZED BY THIS MOST UNEXPECTED DEMONSTRATION WHY COLONEL THERE'S NOTHING TO IT THAT LITTLE NARROW DESOLATE UNPEOPLED OBLONG STREAK OF GRASS AND GRAVEL LOST IN THE REMOTE WASTES OF THAT VAST CONTINENT WHY IT'S LIKE REPRESENTING A BILLIARD TABLE A DISCARDED ONE TUT TUT IT'S A GREAT IT'S A STAVING PREFERMENT AND JUST OPULENT WITH INFLUENCE HERE SHUCKS COLONEL I HAVEN'T EVEN A VOTE THAT'S NOTHING YOU CAN MAKE SPEECHES NO I CAN'T THE POPULATION'S ONLY TWO HUNDRED THAT'S ALL RIGHT THAT'S ALL RIGHT AND THEY HADN'T ANY RIGHT TO ELECT ME WE'RE NOT EVEN A TERRITORY THERE'S NO ORGANIC ACT THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T ANY OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF US WHATEVER NEVER MIND ABOUT THAT I'LL FIX THAT I'LL RUSH THE THING THROUGH I'LL GET YOU ORGANIZED IN NO TIME WILL YOU COLONEL IT'S TOO GOOD YOU BUT IT'S JUST YOUR OLD STERLING SELF THE SAME OLD EVER FAITHFUL FRIEND AND THE GRATEFUL TEARS WELLED UP IN WASHINGTON'S EYES
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