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The Eligible Son-in-Law An AErophobe The Statesman and the Horse A STATESMAN who had saved his country was returning from Washington on foot, when he met a Race Horse going at full speed, and stopped it. “Turn about and travel the other way,” said the Statesman, “and I will keep you company as far as my home. The advantages of travelling together are obvious.” “I cannot do that,” said the Race Horse; “I am following my master to Washington. I did not go fast enough to suit him, and he has gone on ahead.” “Who is your master?” inquired the Statesman. “He is the Statesman who saved his country,” answered the Race Horse. “There appears to be some mistake,” the other said. “Why did he wish to travel so fast?” “So as to be there in time to get the country that he saved.” “I guess he got it,” said the other, and limped along, sighing. Contents The Eligible Son-in-Law An AErophobe
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The Statesman and the Horse A STATESMAN who had saved his country was returning from Washington on foot, when he met a Race Horse going at full speed, and stopped it. “Turn about and travel the other way,” said the Statesman, “and I will keep you company as far as my home. The advantages of travelling together are obvious.” “I cannot do that,” said the Race Horse; “I am following my master to Washington. I did not go fast enough to suit him, and he has gone on ahead.” “Who is your master?” inquired the Statesman. “He is the Statesman who saved his country,” answered the Race Horse. “There appears to be some mistake,” the other said. “Why did he wish to travel so fast?” “So as to be there in time to get the country that he saved.” “I guess he got it,” said the other, and limped along, sighing.
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The Statesman and the Horse
A STATESMAN who had saved his country was returning from Washington on foot, when he met a Race Horse going at full speed, and stopped it.
“Turn about and travel the other way,” said the Statesman, “and I will keep you company as far as my home. The advantages of travelling together are obvious.”
“I cannot do that,” said the Race Horse; “I am following my master to Washington. I did not go fast enough to suit him, and he has gone on ahead.”
“Who is your master?” inquired the Statesman.
“He is the Statesman who saved his country,” answered the Race Horse.
“There appears to be some mistake,” the other said. “Why did he wish to travel so fast?”
“So as to be there in time to get the country that he saved.”
“I guess he got it,” said the other, and limped along, sighing.
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- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
