The American Claimant


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regard, I remain  
Your titular lordship's  
Most obedient servant,  
Mulberry Sellers Earl Rossmore.  
"Im-mense! Come, this one's interesting. Why, Berkeley, his breezy  
impudence is--is--why, it's colossal, it's sublime."  
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No, this one doesn't seem to cringe much."  
Cringe--why, he doesn't know the meaning of the word. Hatchments! To  
commemorate that sniveling tramp and his, fraternal duplicate. And he is  
going to send me the remains. The late Claimant was a fool, but plainly  
this new one's a maniac. What a name! Mulberry Sellers--there's music  
for you, Simon Lathers--Mulberry Sellers--Mulberry Sellers--Simon  
Lathers. Sounds like machinery working and churning. Simon Lathers,  
Mulberry Sel--Are you going?"  
"If I have your leave, father."  
The old gentleman stood musing some time, after his son was gone. This  
was his thought:  
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He is a good boy, and lovable. Let him take his own course--as it would  
profit nothing to oppose him--make things worse, in fact. My arguments  
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