The American Claimant


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that--"  
There was a sudden catch of her voice and a trembling of the lip, the men  
waiting reverently for her to get command of herself and go on; but  
after a little struggle she turned away, with her apron to her eyes, and  
softly disappeared.  
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Seeing you made her think of the children, poor thing--dear, dear,  
they're all dead but the youngest.  
"But banish care, it's no time for it now--on with the dance, let joy be  
unconfined is my motto, whether there's any dance to dance; or any joy to  
unconfine--you'll be the healthier for it every time,--every time,  
Washington--it's my experience, and I've seen a good deal of this world.  
Come--where have you disappeared to all these years, and are you from  
there, now, or where are you from?"  
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I don't quite think you would ever guess, Colonel. Cherokee Strip."  
My land!"  
Sure as you live."  
You can't mean it. Actually living out there?"  
Well, yes, if a body may call it that; though it's a pretty strong term  
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