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Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition

CHAPTER XV
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Well, Blandina wanted to go to the Anthropological Buildin'.

She said Professor Todd had recommended it.

I should knowed he would choose that spot in preference to any other.

I hadn't a idee what it meant, but didn't feel obleeged to tell her so, but spozed it wuz sunthin' hard to tackle, judgin' from the name, but told her I wuz willin' to go to see _it_ or _her_ or _him_, not knowin' which it would turn out to be.

But come to find out it wuz everything relatin' to the history of man, and spozed that wuz one reason why Blandina wuz interested in it.
It wuz a monstrous big buildin', and in it and outside on't wuz exhibits from all the different countries of the world, showin' the difference in the races of mankind, their difference through all the ages, anatomy, industries, customs, education, different religious rites, games, books and pictures, maps illustrating mankind and his works, etc., and I could fill a dozen pages with etcs., and not half exhaust the contents of the immense buildin'.
Blandina wuz in her glory here, she wuz studyin' in full magesty the history of her idol, man.


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