A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 by Mark Twain
page 78 of 86 (90%)
page 78 of 86 (90%)
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"And MY mind is made up. He goes to the Museum." I said, calmly: "The museum may whistle when it gets him." Harris retorted: "The widow may save herself the trouble of whistling, for I will see that she never gets him." After some angry bandying of epithets, I said: "It seems to me that you are taking on a good many airs about these remains. I don't quite see what YOU'VE got to say about them?" "I? I've got ALL to say about them. They'd never have been thought of if I hadn't found their opera-glass. The corpse belongs to me, and I'll do as I please with him." I was leader of the Expedition, and all discoveries achieved by it naturally belonged to me. I was entitled to these remains, and could have enforced my right; but rather than have bad blood about the matter, I said we would toss up for them. I threw heads and won, but it was a barren victory, for although we spent all the next day searching, we never found a bone. I cannot imagine what could ever have become of that fellow. |
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