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Show ih bank, and they wn bow cl an<l bent, ancl about r('acly to tlunble in. The 11eople bacl InoYc<l out of then1. TlH~ hmk ,,a. cav c1 away untler one corner of smn others, a1Hl that corn r wa. hanging over. Peop1c ]iV<'(l in ihe1n y 't, ln_d it wa: dang r"'oinc b cttU.'C sometimes a strip of la1Hl a.' wide (L a hous cnYes in aL a titne. Ron1 ~bn1cs a l)elt of lan(l a qnarlrr of a, 1nil c1 'ep \vill sirn"L in and cave along <~ncl Ci\\'c~ :dong till it all caves ini the river in one snnnnrr. Snch a i own as that has to he always ll10Yinrr back, a.ncl l)ack, and hack, b('cau. <' tlH' river'· alwny: gnawing at it. The nrarcr il got to noon ihat day, the ihi~krr ancl i11icker \V'l"' th wnrrons and hor.es in the sire)ts, anclinor~ cnn1ing all ( b t11e i.in1e. I~.,:unilics fc'tchPd their dinn<'l".' \Yith thc1n, frmn tbc country, and ent ihrnl in the \vagon s. 'l'herc \VilR consi<l Tnl)l<' whi:ky clrjnking going on, ancl I seen three Iights. By-and-by .·onlcbody sings out "Ilt'rC cmtws ohl Boggs! -in fro1n the country for hi:·diUle olcl 1nont bl. drunk-her hr co1ncs, l)oys! ·· AU i he loafers looked glacl- I reckoned they was u. eel to haYino· fun out of Borr0rr '· One of thc1n says- h u "\V.on<lr'r \vho he\; a g'vyuc to cha\v up ibi ~ tiu1r. If he'd n cha,Yecl up all the n1en he·. ben <l gwyn(' to chaw up in the 1~st twenty year, he'd haYe consi(lerhlc ruput at ion, now:' Anothrr onr says, "I wi 'ht old Bogg,. 'cl thr alcn nw, 'cuz 1. ben I'd know I warn 't gwync to die for a thou~an · yrar.'' Boggs cmnc~· a-tearing along on his hort-3 , whooping ancl yel· l~ug like an Injun, 8nd inging out-- , .. Clcr the track, thnr. I'1n on tbe waw-palh, and the price u v coffins is a gwyue to rai ... c. J[e wa: druuk, and w a.ving about in hi: sadcllc; l1c wa: oYe"!: fifty year oltl, and had a very red face. Everybody yelled at him, and langhed at him, a.ncl sa:· ·eel him, aucl he .. a sed back, and saicl he 'cl attend to them ancllay them out in their OLlJ JJOO G8. 213 rrgular i urns, hnt he c0nldu'L wait now, 1) 'Cause h ''<l cmn to town to kill old C l nel Hh '•rburn, and his 1notio wa. , ".:\l"al fir.'t, and spoon vittles to top off ou." lfe :ec In , ancl rod np <nHl . ny ·- " 'Vlwr\l you co1nc f1n, boy? Yon prcpar ,<1 i.o die?., Th n he rod' on. I was ~cared ; but a 1nnn ·ay.· - " 1 [c don ·t 111 an noLhi ng ; h ''s ahvays a earryin' on li kr that, when he',, ch·nnk. lie''::> th bc.t-natnn de 'l old fool 1n Arkansaw-never hurt nobody, drunk nor . ·obcr." - -=-..-- -- .,...._ A LlTTLg .MOXTIILY DHL'~K. Bogg. rode up before Ut biggest .tore in town and b nt his heacl down so he coul<l. e under the curtain of i h awning, and y~lls- " Co1nc out here, Shrrln1rn ! C\nn out an<l meet the n1an you 'vc .'Wincllecl. l .. on ·rc th houu 1'1n aft r, and I 'n1 a gwync to hav you, too ! ' Aucl :o he ·went on, calling ~ herburn verything he could |