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<p>“And did he?” I asked, when Lucullus ceased talking.</p>
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<p>“He did. And they are fit for kings to ride on. The six he sent me must have cost him three thousand dollars. But where is the market for ’em? Who would buy one except one of these rajahs and princes of Asia and Africa? I’ve got ’em all on the list. I know every tan royal dub and smoked princerino from Mindanao to the Caspian Sea.”</p>
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<p>“It’s a long time between customers,” I ventured.</p>
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<p>“They’re coming faster,” said Polk. “Nowadays, when one of the murdering mutts gets civilised enough to abolish suttee and quit using his whiskers for a napkin, he calls himself the Roosevelt of the East, and comes over to investigate our Chautauquas and cocktails. I’ll place ’em all yet. Now look here.”</p>
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<p>“They’re coming faster,” said Polk. “Nowadays, when one of the murdering mutts gets civilised enough to abolish sati and quit using his whiskers for a napkin, he calls himself the Roosevelt of the East, and comes over to investigate our Chautauquas and cocktails. I’ll place ’em all yet. Now look here.”</p>
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<p>From an inside pocket he drew a tightly folded newspaper with much-worn edges, and indicated a paragraph.</p>
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<p>“Read that,” said the saddler to royalty. The paragraph ran thus:</p>
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