Both t'other ones he'd seen over and over agin, but Niagara he'd never sot eyes on.
"So as soon as he arrives, he goes into the public room, and looks at the white waters, and, sais he, 'Waiter,' sais he, 'is them the falls down there ?' a-pintin' by accident in the direction where the Falls actilly was.
"'Yes, Sir,' sais the waiter.
"'Hem!' sais Rufe, 'them's the Falls of Niagara, eh! So I've seen the Falls at last, eh! Well it's pretty too: they ain't bad, that's a fact.
So them's the Falls of Niagara! How long is it afore the stage starts ?' "'An hour, Sir.' "'Go and book me for Boston, and then bring me a paper.' "'Yes, Sir.' "Well he got his paper and sot there a readin' of it, and every now and then, he'd look out of the winder and say: 'So them's the Falls of Niagara, eh?
Well, it's a pretty little mill privilege that too, ain't it; but it ain't just altogether worth comin' so far to see.

So I've seen the Falls at last!' "Arter a while in comes a Britisher.
"'Waiter,' says he, 'how far is it to the Falls ?' "'Little over a half a mile, Sir.' "'Which way do you get there ?' "'Turn to the right, and then to the left, and then go a-head.' "Rufe heard all this, and it kinder seemed dark to him; so arter cypherin' it over in his head a bit, 'Waiter,' says he, 'ain't them the Falls of Niagara, I see there ?' "'No, Sir.' "'Well, that's tarnation all over now.

Not the Falls ?' "'No, Sir.' "'Why, you don't mean to say, that them are ain't the Falls ?' "'Yes, I do, Sir.' "'Heaven and airth! I've come hundreds of miles a puppus to see 'em, and nothin' else; not a bit of trade, or speckelation, or any airthly thing but to see them cussed Falls, and come as near as 100 cents to a dollar, startin' off without sein' 'em arter all.

If it hadn't a been for that are Britisher I was sold, that's a fact.

Can I run down there and back in half an hour in time for the stage ?' "'Yes, Sir, but you will have no time to see them.' "'See 'em, cuss 'em, I don't want to see 'em, I tell you.