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"Well, well, well, Washington, my boy, it _is_ good to look at you again. Sit down, sit down, and make yourself at home. WELL WELL WASHINGTON MY BOY IT IS GOOD TO LOOK AT YOU AGAIN SIT DOWN SIT DOWN AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME
rly forgotten it. It was away out in the ragged edge of Washington, and had once been somebody's country place. It had a neglected yard around it, with a paling fence that needed straightening up in places, and a gate that would stay shut. By the door-post were several modest tin signs. "Col. Mulberry Sellers, Attorney-at-Law and Claim Agent," was the principal one. One learned from the others that the Colonel was a Materializer, a Hypnotizer, a Mind-cure dabbler, and so on. For he was a man who could always find things to do. A white-headed Negro man, with spectacles and damaged white cotton gloves, appeared in the presence, made a stately obeisance, and announced: "Marse Washington Hawkins, suh." "Great Scott! Show him in, Dan'l; show him in." The Colonel and his wife were on their feet in a moment, and the next moment were joyfully wringing the hands of a stoutish, discouraged-looking man, whose general aspect suggested that he was fifty years old, but whose hair swore to a hundred. N PAINTED SOME TIME OR OTHER BUT HAD NEARLY FORGOTTEN IT IT WAS AWAY OUT IN THE RAGGED EDGE OF WASHINGTON AND HAD ONCE BEEN SOMEBODY'S COUNTRY PLACE IT HAD A NEGLECTED YARD AROUND IT WITH A PALING FENCE THAT NEEDED STRAIGHTENING UP IN PLACES AND A GATE THAT WOULD STAY SHUT BY THE DOORPOST WERE SEVERAL MODEST TIN SIGNS COLONEL MOWBRAY SELLERS ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CLAIM AGENT WAS THE PRINCIPAL ONE ONE LEARNED FROM THE OTHERS THAT THE COLONEL WAS A MATERIALIZER A HYPNOTIZER A MIND CURE DABBLER AND SO ON FOR HE WAS A MAN WHO COULD ALWAYS FIND THINGS TO DO A WHITE HEADED NEGRO MAN WITH SPECTACLES AND DAMAGED WHITE COTTON GLOVES APPEARED IN THE PRESENCE MADE A STATELY OBEISANCE AND ANNOUNCED MARS WASHINGTON HAWKINS SIR GREAT SCOT SHOW EM IN DAN'L SHOW EM IN THE COLONEL AND HIS WIFE WERE ON THEIR FEET IN A MOMENT AND THE NEXT MOMENT WERE JOYFULLY WRINGING THE HANDS OF A STOUTISH DISCOURAGED LOOKING MAN WHOSE GENERAL ASPECT SUGGESTED THAT HE WAS FIFTY YEARS OLD BUT WHOSE HAIR SWORE TO A HUNDRED
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