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Show tim l wa n1o~t clown tn tlt(' foot of tlH\ i. ·lancl. A little ripply, eool br ezc h<\gnn to hlo''~ an<l that. wns as goo<l as saying tlw ni<rht ·wa. about clont"). 1 gi v<' hPr a i tun with the padul) an<l 11rnna h r no. to shore; tb('n I goi lllJ gun and slipp d onl· b a1Hl into the rdg oft 1H· wno(l:::. 1 srt (lown there on a log and look d ut through th(' leave.'. I .~cc the 1110011 go off waleh :tn<l Lhr darkness begin to blank t thr ri,·er. But in a liltlc while 1 s e a pale .-treak n\·cr t h tn·c'-tops, and kno\rccl tltt• clav was co1ning. Ro I t\)ok my gun nn<l slipped off toward: wh" )rc I had run aero~. that c:.unp fire, ._topping every 1uinut<· or two to li . tcn. Bnt J ltadn·t no luck o1nchovv; I couldn't· sc<'ln to fincl ib placC'. But by-and-hy, snr enough, I catchell a glin1p~e of fire, away thrnngh the tre ' S. I went for it, cautions :nHl f'lo\Y. By-nnd-h,v I w;1 :~ close rnongh io have a look, antl il1er ~\ }aid a 1nan on th<· gn1111Hl. It Jno!"t gi,·e n1e th fan-tocl:-~. 1 fe had a l1lank ~t <n·nn11d hi~ hr:1d, mHl I tis head was nearly in 1 h iirc. I ~ct there behind il clump or l>nshe:, in ahont "lX font of hi1n, nncl kept 1ny ( ye:-' on hin1 :-,{cady. It was getting gray day1jght, now. Pretty soon l1e gapped, and .-trC'l clwd ltim .. df, and hoY off the blanket, ancl it wa ::\Iiss \\Tat · on·~ . I itn! I bet I wns glad to . ce ltiln. I .·ass : "I [ello, Ji1n ! " an(l . ki ppr<l on t. J[e bouncf\cl up antl st~H(><l at 1nr wild. Th n h drops down on his kne :, and pnt.' his han(ls together and says: '' Doan' hurt 1ne- clon·t ! I hain"t <\\' ('r done no hann to a ghos'. I awluz liked dead pcoplr, rn <lonr all I could for ·em. ·You go n git in de river agin, whah yon b"longs, en doan· du 11uffn to Ole Jin1, 'at 'uz awlnz yo' frcn·: ' 'Yell, I warn't long making bjn1 nnuer.-tand I ,varn·L dead. I wa eYer so glad to see Jim. I \Yarn "t lonc.-ome, no\v. I told hin1 I warn"t afraid of hint telling the pcopl \\"here I wa ~. l tnlked along, but he only. et there and looked at me; nerer saiu nothing. Then I ay · : l·'L.V . DI.. . YG JIJf. G5 "It\; o·oo<l daylibo·ht. JJe's gPt breakfa. t. ~''I a 1 ~ r up your ca1np fire good .. , "What's uc use er 1nakin' up de camp fire to cool· . trawbries en sich truck ? l~ut yon ~ot a gun, hain't you 't D ,11 we kin git sumfn' bett r den :trawbri . : ' " Strawberries and such trnck," I say . " Is that what y u live on ? " , - r / \ . . " ,.. - " ./ •11 f t: / ,JL\I A);D THE GHO, T. "I coulun' git nuffn · else;' he say . "Why, how long you been on the island, Jim ? ., "I come heah de night arter you's killed." " 'Vhat, all that time ? ~' " Yes-indeedy .'' ' t .,. ,,,., • 'I/_, • ·~ r. , I, "And ain't you had nothing but that kind of rubbage to eat?" "No, sah-nuffn else.' |