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"No, I can't. The population only two hundred    " "That's all right, that's all right    " "And they hadn't any right to elect me; we're not even a territory; there's no Organic Act; the Government hasn't any official knowledge of us whatever." NO I CAN'T THE POPULATION'S ONLY TWO HUNDRED THAT'S ALL RIGHT THAT'S ALL RIGHT AND THEY HADN'T ANY RIGHT TO ELECT ME WE'RE NOT EVEN A TERRITORY THERE'S NO ORGANIC ACT THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T ANY OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF US WHATEVER
ngton was silent a moment, then a deep sigh escaped him. "How proud I was an hour ago; how paltry seems my little promotion now! Colonel, the reason I came to Washington is--I am Congressional Delegate from Cherokee Strip!" The Colonel sprang to his feet and broke out with prodigious enthusiasm: "Give me your hand, my boy--this is immense news! I congratulate you with all my heart. My prophecies stand firm. I always said it was in you. I always said you were born for high distinction and would achieve it. You ask Polly if I didn't." Washington was dazed by this most unexpected demonstration. "Why, Colonel, there's nothing _to_ it. That little, narrow, desolate, unpeopled, oblong streak of grass and gravel, lost in the remote wastes of the vast continent--why, it's like representing a billiard table--a discarded one." "Tut-tut, it's a great, it's a staving preferment, and just opulent with influence here." "Shucks, Colonel, I haven't even a vote." "That's nothing; you can make speeches. E SITS AT HOME AND INDICATES HIS PLEASURE WASHINGTON WAS SILENT A MOMENT THEN A DEEP SIGH ESCAPED HIM OH HOW PROUD I WAS AN HOUR AGO HOW PALTRY SEEMS MY LITTLE PROMOTION NOW COLONEL THE REASON I CAME TO WASHINGTON IS I AM CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATE FROM CHEROKEE STRIP THE COLONEL SPRANG TO HIS FEET AND BROKE OUT WITH PRODIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM GIVE ME YOUR HAND MY BOY THIS IS IMMENSE NEWS I CONGRATULATE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART MY PROPHECIES STAND FIRM I ALWAYS SAID IT WAS IN YOU I ALWAYS SAID YOU WERE BORN FOR HIGH DISTINCTION AND WOULD ACHIEVE IT YOU ASK POLLY IF I DIDN'T WASHINGTON WAS DAZED BY THIS MOST UNEXPECTED DEMONSTRATION WHY COLONEL THERE'S NOTHING TO IT THAT LITTLE NARROW DESOLATE UNPEOPLED OBLONG STREAK OF GRASS AND GRAVEL LOST IN THE REMOTE WASTES OF THAT VAST CONTINENT WHY IT'S LIKE REPRESENTING A BILLIARD TABLE A DISCARDED ONE TUT TUT IT'S A GREAT IT'S A STAVING PREFERMENT AND JUST OPULENT WITH INFLUENCE HERE SHUCKS COLONEL I HAVEN'T EVEN A VOTE THAT'S NOTHING YOU CAN MAKE SPEECHES
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