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Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition

CHAPTER XIV
15/24

And I told him that wuzn't the right sperit to show, it wuzn't the sperit of a true Discoverer tryin' to solve the problems of the future through love for God and humanity.
And he said he guessed he knew what he took comfort in and what he didn't.
Well, we rid round considerable so's to give Molly a view of the Cascades and big buildin's, and then we went on to the Philippines.

This is the largest single exhibit at the Fair and covers forty-seven acres of beautiful woodland and water spaces, and is the largest colonial display ever made.

I told Josiah as we walked towards it, Molly and Blandina goin' a little ahead, "What wuz the use of travelin' so fur to see our new possessions ?" "Yes," sez he; "no use spendin' so much money." This wuz to me one of the most interestin' exhibits at the Fair.

And I thought it a first rate idee to show off to the world the almost limitless wealth as well as the hard problems that face Uncle Sam in his new possessions, for like a careful pa he will see that they learn how to take care of themselves before he sets 'em up in independent housekeepin'.
We went over a fine bridge, copied from one of their own into the walled city of Manila.

Here in one room you see all of its war exhibits, immense cannons, the blow guns of the Negritos; axes the Iggorote head-hunters used to cut off the heads of their enemies.


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