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The other thing I promised to mention as an aid to this ambition  was Seffy. THE OTHER THING I PROMISED TO MENTION AS AN AID TO THIS AMBITION WAS STUFFY
rbole.) Save in one particular, it was like an enemy's beautiful territory lying between one's less beautiful own and the open sea--keeping one a poor inlander who is mad for the seas--whose crops must either pass across the land of his adversary and pay tithes to him, or go by long distances around him at the cost of greater tithes to the soulless owners of the turnpikes--who aggravatingly fix a gate each way to make their tithes more sure. So, I say, it was like having the territory of his enemy lying between him and the deep water--save, as I have also said, in one particular, to wit: that the owner--the Sarah Pressel I have mentioned--was not Old Baumgartner's enemy. In fact, they were tremendous friends. And it was by this friendship--and one other thing which I mean to mention later--that Old Baumgartner hoped, before he died, to attain the wish of his life, and see, not only the Elysian pasture-field, but the whole of the adjoining farm, with the line fences down, a part of his. AM SPEAKING AGAIN FOR THE FATHER CETHIE AND WITH HIS HYPERBOLE SAVE IN ONE PARTICULAR IT WAS LIKE AN ENEMY'S BEAUTIFUL TERRITORY LYING BETWEEN ONE'S LESS BEAUTIFUL OWN AND THE OPEN SEA KEEPING ONE A POOR INLANDER WHOSE CROPS MUST EITHER PASS ACROSS THE LAND OF HIS ADVERSARY AND PAY TIES TO HIM OR GO BY LONG DISTANCES AROUND HIM AT THE COST OF GREATER TIES TO THE SOULLESS OWNERS OF THE TURNPIKES WHO AGGRAVATINGLY FIX A GAIT EACH WAY TO MAKE THEIR TIES MORE SURE SO I SAY IT WAS LIKE HAVING THE TERRITORY OF HIS ENEMY LYING BETWEEN HIM IN THE DEEP WATER SAVE AS I HAVE ALSO SAID IN ONE PARTICULAR TO WIT THAT THE OWNER SARAH PRESSELL THAT I HAVE MENTIONED WAS NOT OLD BAUM GARDNER'S ENEMY IN FACT THEY WERE TREMENDOUS FRIENDS AND IT WAS BY THIS FRIENDSHIP AND ONE OTHER THING WHICH I MEAN TO MENTION LATER THAT OLD BOM GARDNER HOPED BEFORE HE DIED TO ATTAIN THE WISH OF HIS LIFE AND SEE NOT ONLY THE ELYSIAN PASTURE FIELD BUT THE WHOLE OF THE ADJOINING FARM WITH A LINE OF FENCES DOWN A PART OF HIS
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