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I offered to compromise and go to Paris. The President was very sorry and all that, but that place, you see, didn't belong to the West, so there I was again. I OFFERED TO COMPROMISE AND GO TO PARIS THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY SORRY AND ALL THAT BUT THAT PLACE YOU SEE DIDN'T BELONG TO THE WEST SO THERE I WAS AGAIN
let alone Cherokee Strip, it's because he _wants_ something. And I know that as a rule he's not going to get it; that he'll stay and try for another thing and won't get that; the same luck with the next and the next and the next; and keeps on till he strikes bottom, and is too poor and ashamed to go back, even to Cherokee Strip; and at last his heart breaks and they take up a collection and bury him. There--don't interrupt me, I know what I'm talking about. Happy and prosperous in the Far West, wasn't I? _You_ know that. Principal citizen of Hawkeye, looked up to by everybody, kind of an autocrat, actually a kind of an autocrat, Washington. Well, nothing would do but I must go as Minister to St. James's, the Governor and everybody insisting, you know, and so at last I consented--no getting out of it, _had_ to do it, so here I came. _A day too late_, Washington. Think of that--what little things change the world's history--yes, sir, the place had been filled. Well, there I was, you see. INGTON I DON'T CARE IF IT'S FROM HEAVEN LET ALONE CHEROKEE STRIP IT'S BECAUSE HE WANTS SOMETHING AND I KNOW THAT AS A RULE HE'S NOT GOING TO GET IT AND THAT HE'LL STAY AND TRY FOR ANOTHER THING AND WON'T GET THAT THE SAME LUCK WITH THE NEXT AND THE NEXT AND THE NEXT AND KEEPS ON TILL HE STRIKES BOTTOM AND IS TOO POOR AND ASHAMED TO GO BACK EVEN TO CHEROKEE STRIP AND AT LAST HIS HEART BREAKS AND THEY TAKE UP A COLLECTION AND BURY HIM THERE DON'T INTERRUPT ME I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS IN THE FAR WEST WASN'T I YOU KNOW THAT PRINCIPAL CITIZEN OF HAWKEYE LOOKED UP TO BY EVERYBODY KIND OF AN AUTOCRAT ACTUALLY KIND OF AN AUTOCRAT WASHINGTON WELL NOTHING WOULD I DO BUT I MUST GO AS MINISTER TO SAINT JAMES'S THE GOVERNOR AND EVERYBODY INSISTING YOU KNOW AND SO AT LAST I CONSENTED NO GETTING OUT OF IT HAD TO DO IT SO HERE I CAME A DAY TOO LATE WASHINGTON THINK OF THAT WHAT LITTLE THINGS CHANGE THE WORLD'S HISTORY YES SIR THE PLACE HAD BEEN FILLED WELL THERE I WAS YOU SEE
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