Excerpt from The First American King

His fellow-townsmen of the great metropolis in fact, his countrymen at large - were proud of Thomas Kearns. When Americans traveling abroad heard of some mystery which the secret police of European 'capitals were unable to solve, they were wont to smile in a superior way and exclaim: They ought to send for Kearns over here - our Kearns. He would Show them what's what!

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