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It was Washington's turn to be amazed. He was stricken dumb; but the wide eyed wonder, the reverent admiration expressed in his face, were more eloquent than any words could have been. The Colonel's wounded spirit was healed, and he resumed his seat, pleased and content. IT WAS WASHINGTON'S TURN TO BE AMAZED HE WAS STRICKEN DUMB BUT THE WIDE EYED WONDER THE REVERENT ADMIRATION EXPRESSED IN HIS FACE WERE MORE ELOQUENT THAN ANY WORDS COULD HAVE BEEN THE COLONEL'S WOUNDED SPIRIT WAS HEALED AND HE RESUMED HIS SEAT PLEASED AND CONTENT
nd so the vacancies where old Ticonderoga and others used to stand still get their six quarts of gun-flints a year just the same." Washington said musingly after a pause: "How strange it seems--to start for Minister to England at twenty thousand a year and fail for flint-picker at----" "Three dollars a week. It's human life, Washington--just an epitome of human ambition and struggle, and the outcome; you aim for the palace and get drowned in the sewer." There was another meditative silence. Then Washington said, with earnest compassion in his voice: "And so, after coming here, against your inclination, to satisfy your sense of patriotic duty and appease a selfish public clamor, you get absolutely nothing for it." "Nothing?" The Colonel had to get up and stand, to get room for his amazement to expand. "_Nothing_, Washington? I ask you this: to be a Perpetual Member and the _only_ Perpetual Member of a Diplomatic Body accredited to the greatest country on earth--do you call that nothing? PEALED BEEN OVERLOOKED AND FORGOTTEN YOU SEE AND SO THE VACANCIES WHERE OLD TIKONDROGA AND OTHERS USED TO STAND STILL GET THEIR SIX QUARTS OF GUN FLINTS A YEAR JUST THE SAME WASHINGTON SAID MUSINGLY AFTER A PAUSE HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS TO START FROM MINISTER TO ENGLAND AT TWENTY THOUSAND A YEAR AND FAIL FOR FLINT PICKER AT THREE DOLLARS A WEEK IT'S HUMAN LIFE WASHINGTON JUST AN EPITOME OF HUMAN AMBITION AND STRUGGLE THE OUTCOME YOU AIM FOR THE PALACE AND GET DROWNED IN THE SEWER THERE WAS ANOTHER MEDITATIVE SILENCE THEN WASHINGTON SAID WITH EARNEST COMPASSION IN HIS VOICE AND SO AFTER COMING HERE AGAINST YOUR INCLINATION TO SATISFY YOUR SENSE OF PATRIOTIC DUTY AND A PIECE OF SELFISH PUBLIC CLAMOR YOU GET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR IT NOTHING THE COLONEL HAD TO GET UP AND STAND TO GET ROOM FOR HIS AMAZEMENT TO EXPAND NOTHING WASHINGTON I ASK YOU THIS TO BE A PERPETUAL MEMBER AND THE ONLY PERPETUAL MEMBER OF A DIPLOMATIC BODY ACCREDITED TO THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH DO YOU CALL THAT NOTHING
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