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A PEARL OF TEN MILLIONS.

might hint to the contrary, I was persuaded that this extraordinary man was not entirely devoid of heart.

When I said as much to him he replied, with some little emotion, “That Indian, monsieur, is an inhabitant of an oppressed country. I am, and shall be to my last day, such an one myself!”

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