I had never seen that.

I had heard about it all my life, and it was but natural that I should be burning to see it.

No other constellation makes so much talk.

I had nothing against the Big Dipper -- and naturally couldn't have anything against it, since it is a citizen of our own sky, and the property of the United States--but I did want it to move out of the way and give this foreigner a chance.

Judging by the size of the talk which the Southern Cross had made, I supposed it would need a sky all to itself.
But that was a mistake.