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I do not know at all, but I will tell you what I "guess" as a Yankee. I guess that he sits out there by his fireside to night with his friends gathered around him, and he is saying to them something like this: "Do you know that man Conwell who lives in Philadelphia?" "Oh yes, I have heard of him." I DO NOT KNOW AT ALL BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I GUESS AS A YANKEE THAT HE SITS OUT THERE BY HIS FIRESIDE TO NIGHT WITH HIS FRIENDS GATHERED AROUND HIM AND HE IS SAYING TO THEM SOMETHING LIKE DO YOU KNOW THAT MAN CONWELL WHO LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA OH YES I HAVE HEARD OF HIM
n the other side, and as he was dragging that basket through this farmer noticed in the upper and outer corner of that stone wall, right next the gate, a block of native silver eight inches square. That professor of mines, mining, and mineralogy who knew so much about the subject that he would not work for $45 a week, when he sold that homestead in Massachusetts sat right on that silver to make the bargain. He was born on that homestead, was brought up there, and had gone back and forth rubbing the stone with his sleeve until it reflected his countenance, and seemed to say, “Here is a hundred thousand dollars right down here just for the taking.” But he would not take it. It was in a home in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and there was no silver there, all away off--well, I don’t know where, and he did not, but somewhere else, and he was a professor of mineralogy. My friends, that mistake is very universally made, and why should we even smile at him. I often wonder what has become of him. N ONE SIDE AND PULLED ON THE OTHER AND AS HE WAS DRAGGING THE BASKET THROUGH THIS FARMER NOTICED IN THE UPPER AND OUTER CORNER OF THE STONE WALL RIGHT NEXT TO THE GATE A BLOCK OF NATIVE SILVER EIGHT INCHES SQUARE THAT PROFESSOR OF MINES MINING AND MINERALOGY KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT THE SUBJECT THAT HE WOULD NOT WORK FOR FORTY FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK WHEN HE SOLD THAT HOMESTEAD IN MASSACHUSETTS SET RIGHT ON THAT SILVER TO MAKE THE BARGAIN HE WAS BORN ON THAT HOMESTEAD WAS BROUGHT UP THERE AND HAD GONE BACK AND FORTH RUBBING THE STONE WITH HIS SLEEVE UNTIL IT REFLECTED HIS COUNTENANCE AND SEEMED TO SAY HERE IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RIGHT DOWN HERE JUST FOR THE TAKING BUT HE WOULD NOT TAKE IT IT WAS IN A HOME IN NEWBURYPORT MASSACHUSETTS AND THERE WAS NO SILVER THERE ALL WAY OFF WELL I DON'T KNOW WHERE AND HE DID NOT BUT ANYWHERE ELSE AND HE WAS A PROFESSOR OF MINERALOGY MY FRIENDS THAT MISTAKE IS VERY UNIVERSALLY MADE AND WHY SHOULD WE EVEN SMILE AT THEM I OFTEN WONDER WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIM
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