Charla did not want to get off the donkey. He became so enthusiastic presently that he wanted to take Howells withhim on a trip down the Mississippi, Louis; thence overland once more through wilderness and solitude intowhat was then the Far West, the promised land. Hartfordabout this time became a sort of shrine for all literary visitors, andfor other notables as well, whether of America or from overseas.
Still he couldhardly have realized the full majesty of his task; nobody could do that--not until afterward. I would waste my breath, I suppose, by asking you to explain. After Jennie was gone a little black chore-boywas hired from his owner, who had bought him on the east shore ofMaryland and brought him to that remote Western village, far from familyand friends. I do not say that I went away in anysort of a hurry, but I simply went; that is sufficient.
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