Andgethatedjustastheywasbythefolkshere，——andasWEare，too，forthematterofthat。\"
\"Well，Idunno，\"rejoinedthefarrier，\"itdon’tseemnateralforwhitementoquarrelwitheachotheraboutthewaytotreatanInjin，andthatInjinlyin’inambushtoshoot’emboth。Andefgov’mentwouldonlymakeupitsmindhowtotreat’em，insteadofonedaypretendin’tobetheir’GreatFather’andtreatin’themlikebabies，andthenextmakin’treatieswith’emlikeastheywosforriners，andthenextsendin’outahandfulofustolicktenthousandofthem——Wot’stheuseofONEregiment——eventwo——aginanation——ontheirownground？\"
\"Anation，——andontheirownground，——that’sjustwharyou’vehitit，Softy。That’stheargumentofthatCongressmanAtherly，asI’veheardhimtalkwiththekernel。\"
\"Andwhatdidthekernelsay？\"
\"Thekernelreckoneditwashisbusinesstoobeyorders，——andsoshouldyou。Soshutyourhead！Ifyewantedtotalkaboutgov’mentyemightsaysuthin’aboutitsusin’ustoconvoypicnicsandexcursionpartiesaround，whocomeoutheretohaveaday’sshootin’，undersomebig—wigofapoliticalbossorarailroadpresident，withalettertothegeneral。AndWE’REtoldofftolookartertheirpreciousskins，andkeeptheInjinsoff’em，——andtheyshootin’orskeerin’offtheInjins’nat’ralgame，andourprovender！Darnmyskinefthere’llbemuchtoscoutforefthisgoeson。Andb’gosh！——oftheyaren’tnowringin’inalotoftitledforrinerstohunt’biggame，’astheycallit，——LordThis—