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Rubbin his hot face with a red handkercher, he said, "Is the strange bein a American?" "He is." "A Gen'ral?" "No." "A Colonial?" "No." "A Majer?" "Not a Majer." "A Capting?" "He is not." "A leftenant?" "Not even that." "Then," said the lan'lord of the Green Lion, "you ar deceeved! He is no countryman of yours." "Why not?" I said. "I will tell you, Sir," said the lan'lord.
"My son-in-law is employed in a bankin house where ev'ry American as comes to these shores goes to git his drafts casht, and he says that not one has arrived on these shores during the last 18 months as wasn't a Gen'ral, a Colonial, a Majer, a Capting, or a leftenant! This man, as I said afore, has deceeved you! He's a imposture!" I reeled into a chair. For a minit I was speechlis.
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