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Show TilE .. 1Dr'"E~VTURES OF IIUCJ{Ll~JJERRl~ l·'l_Y.N. .1 inl ancl n1c wa in a sweat again, for a 1ninute, b 'ing afraid there \Ya. going to be BOJne 1nore trouble ::unong.-t thcn1; so we \Va. pr tty glad when the dnk~ sn.y.- . . ' 'T_i.~ rny fa.te to be ahvays ground 1nto th nur' und r the iron heel of opprr .. ion. l\1isfortnne ha. lwokcn 1ny one<· haughty spirit; I yield, I . nbmit; 'tis 1ny fate. I :un alone in the world - - let n1e suffer; I can b ear 1• t•" \\'" e got away a soon a it wa. good and uark. The king tohl u~ to :tand well out towar<l the 1niddle of the river, and not :how a light till we g t a long wnys he low the town. \V c co1n in sight of the little bunch of lights by-ancl-hy- that wa.· i he tO\Yn, you know-and .. lid by, about n, half a 1nile out, all rialtt. \\rhcn ·we \Yas three-qua,rtcrs of a 1nile below we hoisted b • up our sjgnal ]an tern ; and about ten o'clock it com' on to ram ancl blow a1Hl thunder and lighten like ('\·crything; so the king t old u . to both tay on ·watch till the \Ycat her got hct t cr ; then hi1n and th cluke crawl d into the wig\Y:nn and turne<l in for the night. It \Ya 1ny \vn.tch below till t'"v h-e, but I ·wouldn't a. turned in, anyway, if I'd had a be<l; brcau · a. body don't ee Hnch a tonn a. that every day in the W('ck, not by a long ight. ·~ry . oul:, how the wind did Rcrcnrn along! Ancl every second or t\YO there'd corne a glare that lit up the \vhite-cap · for half a 1nilc around, and you'd sec the i. lands looking dusty through the rain, and the tre s thra hing around in the wind ; then con1e a h-1.uack !-bum ! bum! bumble-un1.ble-unt-bnm-bumbun1- brrm-and the thuncler would go rnn1bling and grumbling away, and quit-and then r~ip conles another flash and. another :ockdolager. . The waves most wa heel 1ne off the raft, somei in1e., but I haun't any clothe on, and didn't mind. V{e <li<ln·t have no trouble about ·nags ; the lightning was glaring and flittering around so constant that \ve could see them plenty soon enough to throw her head this way or that and miss them. I bad the middle ·watch, you know, but I \va pretty sleepy ] () · ) ' •) hy that t i tnC' :o .J i Ill h t' s:1 id h wo1tld :t and t h r fl r:-·i half of it for 1nc; h \Va · al \vny · 1nighty good that way, ,J int wa~. 1 erawlecl into ihc \viaw~un, bni Lh' kina and tb{' <luk(' ha<l thvir leas sprawl <1 around :o then' warn 't no sltow for lll<'; ._·o [ lai<l onLidc·-I didn't lnintl t h<: rnin, b •cm1sD iL wa: wann nn<l the waye warn't rnn11iug so high, no\L About two ti1 y coin<' up . again, ihongh, n1Hl Ji1n was goina to call JUt' but ll<~ ch:.n1gvd hi: Jnin<l bPcan. he r 'ckoncd they \varn'L bio·h enouo·h v t to b ~ do any hann ; but hP \ras 1nistak n about that for pr )tty . oou a1l of a su<lLlcn along t'OJn · a n'anlar ripp<'r, and wa ·h d 1ne ov rbonnl. It Tno:t kill 'cl Jirn a-lanahing. Jl was th \ a:it\~t nigger to laugh that \ . ('l' wa~, anyway. I took ih \ \Vatch atHl Jin1 he laid down ;uHl ~nor cl away; and by-~nHl-hy tlH' . forrn I t up for good and all; an<l th \ 1tri-lt cabin-light that shOW<'(1, l rousted hi1n out an<l w . .:lid th \ raft jnto hiding-quart r: for thr dnv. The king got out ~1n old ratty dr ·k of cards, aft r hre:.t kfast ~ nncl hi1n and th dnkc play{'<l . <'\'<'n-np a 'rhi1<' fin.' <' uts a grune. Then they got tired of it, an<l allowe<l they \ron1<1 ~'lay ont n ca1npaign," a.~ they callr<l it. The duk<.' wenl down into hi: arp t-bag and fdcht'tl up a lot of little' prillt '(l bills, ~nHl n'a(l th('ln out loud. OnP bill saicl .. ~ 'rhc cc·lC'brat d ])r. Arnl<ln<l de ::\I ont alban, of P<lri s," wonl d '~ lect nrc on the ~(·il'ncv of I>In nology" at 'nch and ~uch a plac , on the blank day of hlan k at ten c nt :i <Hhn is ·ion, and " fnrnis h charts of chara<.:t v1 at tw nty-f-i,·e cents apier \. ' 'l'h .. duk, said that was him. In anolh r bill b wa: t h' "worl<lrcuown '<l Shaksp 'n'an t ragt>dian, G arricl ~ t lte ·young 'r, of J)rury Lnne, London." [ n olher bi11 ~ he had a lot of other n:.nnes and <lou oth r won<l<'rfnl tl1ing~, likr finding waL0r a11<l gold with a divining rod," •eli ~ ipating \vitch-:p }lh: · antl . o on. By-ancl-by h ·ny.'- ~~ Bnt th histrioni · 1nn · is the darli11a. }[ave .v ou c\·cr trod the boards HoyaHy ~ ' 0 |
