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Show 3 1 r c got i o hanging· aronncl the wiLlow's too nutch, and :o she tn1<.l hi1n nt la~t, that if h(· <.licln't quit n ·ing around there , he " -oulcl Jnake troubl for him. \Y ~ lJ, 'U'a 11 'l he lll<t< l ? ] [e ' . aid be would 'how who wa.· J[uck F111n\.; bo .. s. No he watched out for 1ne one da)' in the .'pring, and catchcd Inc, and took 1nc up i he ri v r about three 1nilc, in a ·kiff, aucl crossed over to t 1H' Illin ,j · 'horr wh r it wa woody and there \varn'L no honses but an old log hul in a pla<.:c vd1 re the timber wa:-) ·o i hick yon couldn·t finc1 it if yon didn't ln1ow where it '"as. IIL1 kept 1ne \Vi t h him all the tim , and I never got a chance io rlln off. \Ve li.\·ed in that old cabjn, and he always locked ilH· door and put tlte key under his head, uight.. ] [ bad a guu which he had ·tole, I reckon, <UH1 we fished ancl hunted, mHl i hat \Yas what \Ve li\ cd on. Every little while h lodzcd uw in an(l \vent do,,-n to the store, thr e 1niles to th, ferry, and I nul d fi .·h aud cranH' for whisky anJ fetched it ho1n and got drunk <lncl had a good titn , and licked n1 '. The widow f-he found ont wher I wa:· by-aud-by, and h ~ sent a lllclll oY 'r to ir.v to o-et hol<.1 ofrnc, hnL pap dro\·e hin1 off with the gun, :111(1 it warn·L long aflcr tbJ.t till I wa.- usc<1 to being \rl1 crc l wn:, and likc(1 it, an bnt the cowhide part. II was kind of lazy mHl jolly, laying off cmnfortahle all duy, s1nokino- and fi~hing, antl no books nor study. 'J'wo n1onth.- or n1o~·r 1~un along, ancl1ny cloth s got i be all n 1gs and dirt, mH.l I d1<.ln t ee how I\1 eYer goL 1 o lik it so well at t hr " -iclow\:, \rhcr you had to wa h, a1Hl cat on a plate, ancl cOJub up, and go i o bed and get up regular, and be for c·ver both rin o· over iL hook and havr old l\ii. · \\rat ·on pecking aL y n all tl~e t i nH.'. I didn'L want io go b(a ck no 1n01, e. I 11 U(1 Stopped CH 'Sl·l lO' brcause the widow didn't like it '· but no\u,, I t co j · t o 1· t a ga ?lll' bc·c·an,'e pap hadn't no ohiecti9n · It ,,-" . tt d i: • J • u. pr y goo llllc~ 111' 111 th \vood ther , iakc it all around. But by-and-by l>al> crot 400 1 d ·1 l l . l . . b 1.. 1an y '\YlL t us uck'ry, and 1 I1T/C'J( DEC'IIJL~S TO LEA T7~'. •l() f)i./ couldu·t tnnd it. I \vas all ov r welt ·. lfe goL Lo going away :-;o rnuch, too, and locking me in. One· he ]ockc<l Inc in and ,rtt.' gone three day . It \Va · dreadful loncsmn . I judged he had got drowned and I wasn't ever going to g L ouL any 111orP. I was scared. I mad np 1ny mind I would fix up some way to fcaxc there. I had tried to g t. ouL of thaL cabin 1nany a ii1ne, hnL I couldn't find no way. Thc'r ~ \Vcu·n 't a windoYv t jt bio· ()lJou<rh for a dog- to get through. J coulcln·t g ·L up tlH' b "--' "' I' '- ./, / " l \(;,/,f/fijl\\~·"'-"'" ... -- - -=---·- - d ~-~ p - . • .. .- .:::,t· _,..r If=-* I I I • _,.--- ·- .J - ~·-- --- --., _. --. - · --. .. - ..=-: ·-:; _::_ . ..;71'' • ---- _;;;.. _...._. ~ O LID ' 0 .\Ll •'O I ~T . ·lti inbly, it wa t o n;n-row. Th d.oor wa.· tl1i<.:k .'Olid O<tk slah·. J>ap was pr tty car 'fnl not to leave a knife or nnything jn the (_'abin when he was C't\rny; 1\ ~kvn 1 lw<l huut c1 the place ver ~~:· much n a hundre<l ti1ncs; \Yell, 1 was ~1no.t all UH· i-i1ne at il, becau ·e it wn.- a bouL th only way i o put in th i inH?. Hut this titne I found .·o1n thing at la.'L; J found an old ru ·ty wood- aw wit bout any handle; 1L wa.· laid in bet we n ~raft •r antl the clapbcar ls of the roof. J grea c<.l it up &ncl went to |