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Show l:J TilL' AJJFJ~. .Y. TURE~' 0}' 11UCI1.L~BBL'RR1~ FI~'ft~ in it, with guns, and they stopped and I topped. On oft hent :--:" \' ' . .. ,, J ~ • ' \\'.haL':; that y ncler ? ., 'A pice of a raft;' I say·. •}) you b )lon()' on it~ .. ' ' ... ' ., 1 ._, , }]'. "Any 1nen on it? '' '" Only on , sir." "\Y 11, th re's five niggers run off to-night, up yonder aborr t l1r head of the bcncl. I your ll1Qn white or black?., I didn't an \YCr up prornpt. I tri tl to, bnt the word~ wonldn't <.·o1ne. I triecl, for a cconcl or two, to brae np and ut wjth it, bnt I warn't n1an enough-hadn't th . punk of a rabbit. I ~e I was weakening ; :o I just O'ive np trying, ancl up and s~1y. · : ~'li e\· whit .'' 'I reckon w •'ll go and c for onrsch 'c.·.'' ·I wi ·h you \vould," ·ay · I," b cause it' pap thnCs tllcrC', ancl 1nc1ybe you\l h ·lp 111 to\v th l raft a hore wh re the light 1~. I r 's ick-ancl .'0 i Inaln and l\Iary Ann .. ' Oh, th devil ! we're in a hurry, boy. But I ·'po c "\YC,.n' got to. Corne-buck]e to your paddl , ancllef get nlong .'' I buckl d to my paddle ancl they laid to their oar:. \\'"hen we had made a ~ troke or two, I say : Pap'll be mighty n1uch obl ged to you, I can t ,ll yon. E,·erybody go s away when I want them to help 1nc tow t hl' rnft a. hore, and I can't clo it by my. elf." ' vV ll, that' infernal mean. Odd, too. Say, boy, what' .... i h matter with your father? ., "It' the-a- th - well, it ain't anything much." Th y :topped pulling. It warn't but a tnighty ways to the raft, now. One ay : "l3oy, that' a lie. V\That 'is the matter with your pap ? Answer up . quare, now, and it'll be the better for you.'' A 111IITE LIE. ] ''() •)• ~'I will, sir, I \vill, hone t-but don't leave ns plea: . lt' ... th -thc-gentletnen, if y u'll nly pull ahead, and let u1e heav you th h ead-line, you won"t have t co1nc a-n nr the raft-plea ·c do .. , " l:)et h er back J ohn, . t her back ! ., say on . Th y bnckecl water. "Ke p aw£ly, boy-k cp to looard. Confound it, I ju'.lt expect the wind has blow cl it to us. ) ? our pap's got the "BOY, TIIAT'.-3 A LiE ... ._ tnall-I)OX and you know it precious w 11. \Yl1y didn "t you coJn ' ' ·~ ., out and . ay so? Do you want to spread 1t all O\ ' )r · "V\T ell;' says I, a-blubbering, "I've told )v rybody before and th n they ju t went away an l left u · ' . " Poor devil there , som t1u ·n g 1· n 4h t "':\r ar n ()'ht down l a · ' ' , orry for yon b'u t we-well 11 ang 1·t , we c1 o n 't "'· ant the mall- pox, you see.' Look her , I ll te1 1 you w 1w .t, t o d_o · Don'.t you try to land by your.. lf, or y u 'll sma h ' ·e r ytlling to I)Ieces. |