t;, I
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answered.
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"How could so happen that we didnt meet then?" said General Miles.
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"General", said I, " we could meet then, you forget that you were a great general then,
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and I was a poor young writer whom nobody knew and whose books nobody read".
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"You do not remember me", I thought, "but we met In Washington at that time.
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I remember it very well. I was poor then and very often I did not have money even for
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my bread. I had a friend. He was a poor writer too. We lived together. We did everything
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together: worked, read books, went for walks together. And then we were hungry, we were
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both hungry.
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Once we were in need of three dollars. I dont remember why we needed these dollars
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so much, but I remember that we had to have three dollars by the evening.
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"We must get these three dollars", said my friend, "I shall try get the money, but you
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must also try".
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I went out of the house, but I did not know where to go and how to get the three dollars.
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For one hour I was walking along the streets of Washington and was very tired. At last I
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came to a big hotel. "I shall go in and have a rest", I thought.
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I went into the hall of the hotel and sat down on a sofa. I was sitting there when a
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beautiful small dog ran into the hall. It was looking for somebody. The dog was nice and I
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had nothing to do, so I called it and began to play with it. I was playing with the dog when
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a man came into the hall. He wore a beautiful uniform and I knew at once that he was
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General Miles. I k
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