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Show JlG TilE ADVJ~ ..V. TUllE~',' OF IIUC'I{LE!lERRl~ FINN. proud of me for helping th . e rap ca1lion~, because rapscallion .· and dead b ats i. the kind the wido'v and good peoplP inkp~ t hr 1no. t inter st in. \V<.ll, before long, h re comes th \vreck, .dim and cln.·ky, ,'li<ling along clown! A kind of cold shiv r went through lllP, :111<1 then I struck out for her. Rh wa. very deep, and I ser in a minute th r' warn't much chance for anybody being nlivr in hrr. I pulle<l all around her and hollrr d a little, but i herP 'I ~ . 1I ' ( r I 1 , , . r • j\ I I' I , -I .P" ) "' 11 - ~ ·"" wa. n't any an. w r; all dead . till. I £ It a little bit h avyhearted about the gang, bnt not mu h, for I r ckon d if i hry <;onld stand it, I could. Then here r 1ncs the ferry-boat; so I .·hoved for the 1ni<lcll<' of the river on a long down-stream . lant; and ·when I judged I was out of y -reach, I laid on my oar~, and. look d back nncl . ee her go n.nd . 1n ll around th wreck for ~Ii s IIooker\; remainders, becau t h captain '\voulcl know b er uncle IIor~lback would want them; and then pr tty l==oon th ferry-boai A DL'AIJ J 'LJLEJ>. 117 cri ve it up and went for 11 0r , and I 1a 1'cl into rny work an<l h l . w nt a-booming down t le l'lY r. . . . IL did eem a pow rful long time b for J un ~ hght ·how <l up ; and w ]1 n 1' t dl'cl ·s llo\r' ' it looked like it "·a. a .t ho.u ~an<l '1 ff l~y the time I g L there the ky wtts b crinnulg to uu e o . · 1 1 1 act . ]'ttl in the a ·t . .· o we struck for an 1.· anc' an< t\, 1 e gray ' . l'l· hid the raft, and sunk the ·kiff, uncl turned In an<l ·l lli I-.e dead p ople. |