The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
NJ. CLAIMS SEARCH FOR
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

agitation. Help me. dear coieaEuer'
MS reply What my dear Clam. Is
your agitation"
said. Tell me first OF the simpiined
spell What DO YOU say?"
His reply. We'll. have enbarrass-
m'nt one article by mo will be IN that
magazine soon. II 1 tell YOU my thought
uiat magazine will be- ruined How can
talk when that magazine pays noe 81
cents tor each word2''
said. Have no fear. dear colear1ie,r
Instantly / cNtucatcd the so cents from
my pocket
said Ny paper regards not tho cost.
N Twain. Tell me one word of your
thought. What do son think Of that
simpnhed spell2"
His reply: Great"
said All. that also Is my thought,
Say uo more. a. Twain. Now / can build
the great interview with YOU after that
American fashion Yet 7 have skill tho
ptrpieNty. That supreme tribunal and
the congress snap the ringer AT N. Rooso-
seit and tho great simpihed spell II
tnat order may be thus dened without
the revolution. what IS the governmeut7
Where Is itE Who is 10? How is it2 Tell
me- quickly How can tell nay country
mon 81 the government OF those United
states ~ I cannot ind it7-
Ills reply. NOW nv dear clan, do
not have tho despair. IL may he tie
best Perhaps there is no government
Think ~ those poor Americans who have
expended their lives lodging the gov
ernm' ~, What chagrin % them. if ,herc
IS no government Yet what relief"
said ".Ah. yes. but read OF thar
government ownership How shall that
d. true ~ there Is TO government"
His reply You have orlvcn me 70
the corner. n Clam, / viii make the
great admission. Il IS true that those
people are making up the mind 70 own
compushed. Much must yet bo done "
said. Those people must first ind
the government
His reply: yes that Is the truth
fIeias, H. Twain was m the dark
ness. much as / with great force 7
drove away that perplexing problem. and
talked with NJ. Twain Of other things.
I listened with grand pleasure 70 nine
chapters or the autobiography which ie
was so patient 10 read Then / pre-
d.cted 10 him those letters upon tne
American affairs which ( shall write 20
my countrymen. Much Information Of
incredible value was given 10 mo 0F
~ Twain freely for those people ot
France. Yet az the last. with sadness.
7 left him. Where IS the government
That was my desire 90 know.
Those newspapers yesterday said.
Government VIII Build = zgest Battle
ship Aaoat,-Terrible Battleship Skecred-
o. Sothin' soon 10 he Launched with
delight I said "Ah. now ! shall rn3
the government 1t is in the Ministry
Of Marine"
Instantly l consulted that directorate
of officials. Aha Secretary Of tile
Navy. NJ Bonaparte.'
Bonapartc, Mon Dicu, Here at last
was the government, The scion Of Ma
poeon. / said IT IS the blood that
tellsi How can ! wonder more that those
United States are create II Is the French
genius AT the head
My decision was made at once. Hailing
a dacre. 7 drove rapidly TO the Ministry
of Marine. Ny card ! presented 10 the
negro American attendant NJ Bona
parte," said I. with hauteur.
In one moment NJ. Bonaparte ran out
Welcome. NJ Clam" said he in the
French. embracing me warmly. How
are those people Of the France? DO
they forget the great Napoleon and those
numerous descendants Of him? What
brings you TO those United States?"
With difficulty I conversed with NJ
Bonaparte. His use Of the French Is
what shall I say politely? His forgetfui-
ness. 7 shall say. IS liberal. Also with
disappointment I looked for resemblance
OF the great Napoleon. Yet. thought /
nature delights in the disguise. This man
may be perhaps great even II the French
language is too much to him.
7 said: Those newspapers tell NJ
Bonaparte. of the grand battleship
Skeered- -Notnin'. which you shall build
You. then. are the government
His reply: Il have difficulty in under
standing. VI. Clam. Yet II Is true, we
shall build the biggest battleship."
7 said: who shall do that"
His reply we shall-that Is. the gov
eminent. We have decided Now, when
Hale approves those plans and makes that
appropriation. we shall build"
I said: Hale? Who Is Hale2"
His reply: M Hale Is that Senator
who dictates that policy Of the navy"
Again I was dlsmayed. / could see the
government begin to disappear again!
I said: Then you are not the gov