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Show :?O:J TilE AJJJ ..l ~.XTURL'S OJ? IlUCJ{LH/JL'RRl'" J1LY. .. Y. collection!" \Y '11, a ll<llf n <lozcn 1na<lr a jnrnp io <lo it, bnt ~nn1 bo<ly si11gs out, " Let hin'iJ pa:: the h<lt around ! ·~ Then e\· 'rybotly :-:ai<l it, the prc<H.:l1cr too. So th, king went all through the crowcl \viLh hi.' hat, '\rahbing his eye:, nn<l blc::-;ing i hv people a1Hl praising the1n ancl thanking i hc1n for being so good to ihe poor pirate~ awny off there; and C\'cry liUlt> \vhile the prC'tticst kin<l of girlt; \riLh the tear· running clown their chcC'k~, \roulcl np and a .. k him wonlcl he let theut ki.·:-; hi1n, for to rc1neinber hi1n by; and he nlwnys doiH' it; <llHl scnne of thc1n he hugged an<l ki~.'Pcl a· 1nan y a. fi v' or six i in1es nncl he ·was in vi ted to st.ny a week; ~nH.l everybody wanted hint to live in their hon. CH, and aid they'd thiuk it was <lll honour; bnt l1e :;1icl as this was the b:t dny of the cmnp-ntcc tiDg he' coul<ln·t do no goocl, and beside: he \Vrts in a sweaL to get to the ln<lian Ocean righi off aml go to work on i he pi rat <'s. \Yhcn \Yl' gtJt bac:k ic~ ih<> n1fL an<l be con1c io <'Olllll up, he found he hacl eoll ed eel ci ght .v-s 'Yl'H < lollars an< l seventy-fi vc cents. And then he h~ul fetch '(l away a three-gallon jug of "·hi ·ky, too, tbal he fouHd nnclcr a wagon wl1cn w' wns f-lt:uting ho1ne through tlw \\Toocl:. The king s:1id, tako it all arouud, it laid over any clay 1 LC 'd eYer put in in i he 1ni~~siona ryi ng line. I [e aiel it \Yarn 'L no u ·e talking, h<'a thens do11't amount to shucks, along .. ide of pirat c , to \York a c<nnp-nlccting ·with. The duk \Vas thinking he'<l b en doing pretty well, till the king co1n to show up, but after that he didu't think . o ·o Inuch. l[e had s }L up and printed off i.wolitUP job for fanners, in that printing office- hor. c bills-and tool,. tbe 1uoncy, four dollars. And he hacl got in ten clolln r ' \vorLh of ad vcrtisc1ncnt for the paper, \vhieh he~ said he \voulcl put in for four dollars if they would pay in advance-f:)o they done it. The price of the paper was two dollars a year, buL he took in thr c sub ·crip- Till~' ]) lil\.B AI' A l'RLYTL'ft. :!0 1 tion: for half a cloll<n· :lpiecr on condition of tht'll) p:tying hi111 in ;uh·anc ; thry 'rerc going io pay in ennl-\\o()(l and oni u~, a~ U.'llal, huL he f;<!.ttl he hacl jn.'t bought tlt<' co11e 'l'll and kno<' kc< l (lown th l' price as low a~ he coulc l afl'ord it, a11< l ,, a.., going to run iL for cash. 1Ir .l'L up a little piel!(' of poPtry, A:X0TIIE!t LITTLE ,JOn. which he' lna<le, him:clf, ouL of hi .. O\Yll hra<l- tlrn'e \'<•rsrskind of swPct and ~·a(lcli~h-thc nmnc of it was, " Yl·:-;, crusl1, colcl world, this breaking h 'art "-an<l h 1 .fL that nll ·et up and rPady to print in t h pap<-r and didn't charge notlJi11g for it. \\?<'11, lt(' took in nine' <lollars and a half, ancl .. aiel he~d done a pretty . q nar day·s \vork for it. |