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Show ol<l 1H:111 into a brantifttl roon1 \Ybich wa the , pare romn, ~1ncl iu t hv night son1etitnc l1 got }lO\n'rfnl thir ·ty ancl clu1nh out 011 to t 11' porch-roof ancl ·lid down a stanchion ancl t rad <l hi;-; new coat for a. jug of forty-rod, and chunb back agnin ancl bad :1 good o1<1 tirnr; and toward daylight h cra\'d d 11t no·ni11, d ntn k as a fi<.lcll r, ancl roll eel off t h ' pore h an<l brok<• hi:-; 1 eft ann in two place: an<l \r:l~ 1no:L froz to cleat h "·hen .. ·on1 body fottlld ltitn after un-up. Ancl wlll'l1 they coin to ]oolz <lt th<lt ~pare romn, tl1cy had to take .. onnclings before they conl<l nasig;\ te it. 'l'ltt· jnugc h felt kinc1 of :ore. lfe said he reckoned a hody could rcfonn the ole 1nan with a ~hot-gun, 1naybc, but he di<ln'l kno\r no other \rny. -<=- r~· __ ...:::_- ..-- ' ---/ ,... .,-. . _~_ .:-. -~/ -Cl: T'L'lX<: <H'T OF TilE \Y.\Y. 0 pn•t ty oon th' old 11Htn ":ts up and around again an<l i. hen he \rent for J uclgc Th:1tchcr in the court · to 1nakc\ hi n1 give up that 1n nry, and he· ". •n t for 1nc, too, for 11ot -topping school. 11 catchccl 1ne a couple of I irne:s a.ntl tltrn hed 1nc but l \rent i o ~chool ju t th 'alne, a11d dodged hin1 or ou t-rnn J1 inl 1no. t of the tirnc. J didn·i \rant to go to "'c lloollnu<:ll, before, but I rc kon<>ll I'd go now to spite pnp. Th:tt Jaw trial wa a ·low bu ·incs:; :1pp a.red ]ike th y warn't c\·cr going to get tart 'd on it; o c\·ery now and then I\1 borrnw t\.,·o or three dollilr. off of the judge f~r l1irn, toke p fro1n gl ttinD" a cowhiding. E,· ry bn1 he got n1oney he got drunk ; an<l yery tin1e h got drtnt k hP rai~ d ain ar und town; nntl c·v ry ti1ne he rai~ d Cniu IJe got. jailed. J[c wa. ju ·t , uit cl-thi.' kincl of thing "·a::; rjal1t in hi~ line. |