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A. D. 1813
The Nations were playing a ball game: "Catch! " said France, throwing the ball to Spain, who muffed it. "Quick! " cried Napoleon, "or England will get it -- catch! " "Caught! " said the first American republic, and her prize was the valley of the Mississippi.