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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. 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
 or other when we've got to do that, Washington, and it's not a bad thing for us, either, take it by and large all round--I had to stoop a little and offer to take Constantinople. Washington, consider this--for it's perfectly true--within a month I _asked_ for China; within another month I _begged_ for Japan; one year later I was away down, down, down, supplicating with tears and anguish for the bottom office in the gift of the Government of the United States--Flint-picker in the cellars of the War Department. And by George, I didn't get it." "Flint-picker?" "Yes. Office established in the time of the Revolution--last century. The musket-flints for the military posts were supplied from the Capitol. They do it yet; for although the flint-arm has gone out and the forts have tumbled down, the decree hasn't been repealed--been overlooked and forgotten, you see--and so the vacancies where old Ticonderoga and others used to stand still get their six quarts of gun-flints a year just the same. OP A LITTLE WE ALL REACHED THE DAY SOME TIME OR OTHER WHEN WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT WASHINGTON AND IT'S NOT A BAD THING FOR US EITHER TAKE IT BY ENLARGE ALL ROUND I HAD TO STOOP A LITTLE AND OFFER TO TAKE CONSTANTINOPLE WASHINGTON CONSIDER THIS FOR IT'S PERFECTLY TRUE WITHIN A MONTH I ASKED FOR CHINA WITHIN ANOTHER MONTH I BEGGED FOR JAPAN ONE YEAR LATER I WAS AWAY DOWN DOWN SUPPLICATING WITH TEARS AND ANGUISH FOR THE BOTTOM OFFICE AND THE GIFT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FLINT PICKER IN THE CELLARS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND BY GEORGE I DIDN'T GET IT FLINT PICKER YES OFFICE ESTABLISHED IN THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION LAST CENTURY THE MUSKET FLINTS FOR THE MILITARY POSTS WERE SUPPLIED FROM THE CAPITAL THEY DO IT YET FOR ALTHOUGH THE FLINT ARM HAS GONE OUT AND THE FORTS HAVE TUMBLED DOWN THE DECREE HASN'T BEEN REPEALED BEEN OVERLOOKED AND FORGOTTEN YOU SEE AND SO THE VACANCIES WHERE OLD TIKONDROGA AND OTHERS USED TO STAND STILL GET THEIR SIX QUARTS OF GUN FLINTS A YEAR JUST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
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