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The American Claimant

CHAPTER VII
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Also as to hat--which was of a new breed to him, Buffalo Bill not having been to England yet.

One side of the coat went on, but the other side refused; one of its sleeves was turned up and stitched to the shoulder.

He started down without waiting to get it loose, made the trip successfully, and was promptly hustled outside the limit-rope by the police.
The cowboy hat and the coat but half on made him too much of a centre of attraction for comfort, although nothing could be more profoundly respectful, not to say deferential, than was the manner of the crowd toward him.

In his mind he framed a discouraged remark for early entry in his diary: "It is of no use; they know a lord through any disguise, and show awe of him--even something very like fear, indeed." Presently one of the gaping and adoring half-circle of boys ventured a timid question.

My lord answered it.


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