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Khedive always just to the American officers, but it was difficult to Go to Alexandria with General obtain an audience with him Row Difficult to get paid Loring and occupy a royal palace I have An Egyptian military banquet with customs officials Cabal not rank enough to entitle me to a seat at the table I am sent to the staff of Ratib formed against General Stone 296 Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army

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CHAPTER XXXV

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Ratib is Attempted suicide gained him promotion presented to a pretty soubrette, and calls on her accompanied The AbysThe commander-in-chief is peeved by his staff Ratib Pasha the only court favorite faithful sinian campaign to the Khedive Ismail in the hour of humiliation and sorrow The Duke of Hamilton, General Mott, and the duel that did

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CHAPTER XXXVI The Franco-Prussian War Wrecked — Paris

— Apply

in sackcloth

for leave to

and ashes

go to France

— A generous Jew

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CHAPTER XXXVII but the Khedive the Egyptian Return to America — Tired declines to allow me to resign — Grants me a furlough with permission to go home — Determine again to become a farmer — help; and stay on "Woe to them that go down to Egypt horses" — Columbia, South Carolina — Become lord and master of the great Hampton plantation — A bachelor's menage and which the wily Carpetbag Govfox hunt appetite — A cents a box — run to cover — Matches cost only ernment service,

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Trial Justice

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CHAPTER XXXVIII The name Galapagos

inspires the preacher

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take Northern friends

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chicken thief and a "Getting glory" to a prayer meeting Death of Hector as a consequence bulldog get hitched together Ball toilets in the middle The preponderance of the evidence

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day and champagne

orgies

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on the main

street

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comptroller of the State opens fire on the house of Colonel Black, Moses, promised immunity, gives U.S.A., the commandant Questions of personal testimony in the fraudulent bonds case

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