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"Yes, I have heard of him, too." Then he begins to laugh, and shakes his sides and says to his friends, "Well, they have done just the same thing I did, precisely"  and that spoils the whole joke, for you and I have done the same thing he did, and while we sit here and laugh at him he has a better right to sit out there and laugh at us. YES I HAVE HEARD OF HIM TOO AND THEN HE BEGINS TO LAUGH AND SHAKES HIS SIDES AND SAYS TO HIS FRIENDS WELL THEY HAVE DONE JUST THE SAME THING I DID PRECISELY AND THAT SPOILS THE WHOLE JOKE FOR YOU AND I HAVE DONE THE SAME THING HE DID AND A WHILE WE SIT HERE AND LAUGH AT HIM HE HAS A BETTER RIGHT TO SIT OUT THERE AND LAUGH AT US
chusetts 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. 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.” “Do you know that man Jones that lives in Philadelphia?” E 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 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 DO YOU KNOW THAT MAN JONES WHO LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA
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