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No town officer ever took any notice of me before I went to war, except to advise the teacher to thrash me, and now I was invited up on the stand with the town officers. Oh my! the town mayor was then the emperor, the king of our day and our time. As I came up on the platform they gave me a chair about this far, I would say, from the front. NO TOWN OFFICER EVER TOOK ANY NOTICE OF ME BEFORE I WENT TO WAR EXCEPT TO ADVISE THE TEACHER TO THRASH ME AND NOW I WAS INVITED UP ON THE STAND WITH THE TOWN OFFICERS O MY THE TOWN MAYOR WAS THEN THE EMPEROR THE KING OF OUR DAY AND OUR TIME AS I CAME UP ON THE PLATFORM THEY GAVE ME A CHAIR ABOUT THIS FAR I WOULD SAY FROM THE FRONT
 ever thought you would like to be a king or queen, you go and be received by the mayor. The bands played, and all the people turned out to receive us. I marched up that Common so proud at the head of my troops, and we turned down into the town hall. Then they seated my soldiers down the center aisle and I sat down on the front seat. A great assembly of people a hundred or two--came in to fill the town hall, so that they stood up all around. Then the town officers came in and formed a half-circle. The mayor of the town sat in the middle of the platform. He was a man who had never held office before; but he was a good man, and his friends have told me that I might use this without giving them offense. He was a good man, but he thought an office made a man great. He came up and took his seat, adjusted his powerful spectacles, and looked around, when he suddenly spied me sitting there on the front seat. He came right forward on the platform and invited me up to sit with the town officers. CAME TO MAN ON EARTH IF YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A KING OR QUEEN YOU GO AND BE RECEIVED BY THE MAYOR THE BANDS PLAYED AND THE PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO RECEIVE US I MARCHED UP BY COMMON SO PROUD AT THE HEAD OF MY TROOPS AND WE TURNED DOWN INTO THE TOWN HALL THEN THEY SEATED MY SOLDIERS DOWN THE CENTER AISLE AND I SAT DOWN ON THE FRONT SEAT A GREAT ASSEMBLY OF PEOPLE A HUNDRED OR TWO CAME IN TO FILL THE TOWN HALL SO THAT THEY STOOD UP ALL AROUND THEN THE TOWN OFFICERS CAME IN AND FORMED A HALF CIRCLE THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATFORM HE WAS A MAN WHO HAD NEVER HELD OFFICE BEFORE BUT HE WAS A GOOD MAN AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME THAT I MIGHT USE THIS WITHOUT GIVING THEM OFFENSE HE WAS A GOOD MAN BUT HE THOUGHT AN OFFICE MADE A MAN GREAT HE CAME UP TOOK HIS SEAT ADJUSTED HIS POWERFUL SPECTACLES AND LOOKED AROUND WHEN HE SUDDENLY SPIED ME SITTING THERE ON THE FRONT SEAT HE CAME RIGHT FORWARD ON THE PLATFORM AND INVITED ME UP TO SIT WITH THE TOWN OFFICERS
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