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Show ,~ ) ()' 1 went up ~nul :d do\\·11 on a log ~d tlH' head uf the j:-;lan(l «In d lnokt·ll oHt 011 the big ri Yer and the black drift wood, and «IW~l,V 0\'(11' to th town, t hrc ' Jnile awny, \Yhere t.h rc \ru · 1 hrC'e or four lights twinkling. A n1on trou · big lu1nbcr rnft wa-; ,,bout a 1nil ") np . tn•cun, corning along down, with a la11t rn in 1 he Ill iddle of it. l watch <'cl it rome e rceping do\Yn, and w hc11 it wn 1no.·i abreast of "here l ~t ood l h ard a 1nn n 8<1 y " Stern oars, ilH·n' ~ hc<IV her h acl to. Ltbboard!" I heard tbat just as plain a~ if th 1nnn \ra ' by n1y ·ide. There \Ya~ a litUe grny in th _) ky, now; ~o I . trppcd int l) the \\oods a11d laid do\rn for :1 llnp l)cfore bre<ll~f~l. t. ·) ! I • I I I . ~un "a~ up :o high wl1 cn I ,,.<,kt·d that I jndged it \\a .· afl<'r ei()'hL o'clock. I laitl ;-, t l1 L're j 11 the n< rra sand the cool ~hild c , thinking abont thing~ and fe< ·ling· rc:te<l antl rut hL·r cun1furtahl' and .. ati~:d1cd. 1 <·,)nld ~ L', the .·nn nt al OlH' or t \rn hole. , but 1110. t I .Y j 1 \ra~ bi~· tn' ',' all abont a1Hl ulOOJl) \' l ll ther ' <11lH>llg"St. ~ ' 1 he111. Th r' wa~ fr ' ·klt~d pl:H't''-' ou t h c grou ntl wh<'rC' 1 he li.~·ht. ~ifted down throngl 1 1 lw 1 <'a" c ~, and t h l' 11: C' e k lL' tl pla<:l': ~\rapp d about a litt](' ~lto\ri11g ther wa~ '' litU' lN 'filJ~ \\' OOJJ~. f l>r 't'7.L' 11p ther . A cou pl 0 .. ·qnirrels. ct. on a linll) and jaubcrcd at nH' \·cry frj<'nc.lly. I was powerfnllazy and roinforta\>l e- tlidn·t \rant to g(·tnp ancl cook breakfast. \\"ell, I '"a ~ dPzing· ff ag<~iu, when [ think, 1 hear~ ft d ep . o nnd of " bo 111 ~ ·• n way up t IH' ri ''cr. L rou ·e~ up an(l rr. t , on tny rlbow and li:-;tcn~; pretty "o n 1 hcnrs |