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Show X xL dny you 'ouldn·t h ear n ot hiug around t hat to"·n but how ~pl c ndid thnt ~h ow \va..... lfou:c ,,.<L' jan11ncd again, thal night, and w 0 : old thi :· crowd the ~mne wny. \Yhen rnc and t h king ancl t hr duke g ot honH' to the raft, " all had a , upper; iln tl hy- and-by, about Jnicluight-, th y 1nacle Jirn and THEi r. P OC KI ~ T S JH. IA; t-:1). n1e hack h 'r out and float her <lown the 1niddle of the ri vcr and fetch h er :in aud hide h er about two 1nilc below town. Th third night the hous' wa eran11necl again-and they warn·t new-coin r , thi · time, bnt peopl that was at th show th ~ other two night;-. I stootl by thP duk at the door, and I 1~0 J -~ I [ CO.l!P. LRI ·o~Y.\'. :!:..!) s c that ev ry rnan t haL \V C·n t in had hi~ pocket:-; l>nh! i n ,,., ()r ~-' " HHnething 1nufH tl up nnd<·r l 1i~ c at-an<l [ .. } it warn·t 110 l'erfumery n ith r, not hy a 1 ng sight. I :1nelt :i kly eg~·~ by t h barrel, and rot t n cablmge.·, and . u ·b thin g~; and if I knnw the Rig ns of a. clea< l en t hc·i ng around, and I h \t I do t hrre w:1s sixty-four of thern w n t in. I .. ho\· d in t h re Cor a 1ninut (', hut j t wa too varion~ for llH', I eo nlcln'L stand it. \\r lJ , wh<'ll the plac couldn't hold no 1nor p ople, thr duk0 llP g in\ a fell ow a quarter a ncl t old h in1 io i n<l door for hin1 a Jninnt<'. and th n h ·tart <l around for th tagp door, I aftt'r l1i1n ; hut the 1ninut-e vvc t nrne<l t h <' corner <Ul<l wa ·in the dt1rk, h0 say~: ' ~ \\ralk fat, now, t ill you g t awny fro1n th honsc:, and then :hin £ r the raft. like th (' dick n: was after you ! '' I clone it , an<l he done tb sn1nr. \Ve trnc·k t h ' rnft at th<· :-;arne titne, and in 1 "_\ss than two : concls ·w wa.· crlidi11 <r dow11 h " strerun , all clark and still , and dging toward ... the 1n iddle of t ltc river, n ob ody saying a word . I r ckon cl thr poor kin.L:· was in for a gaudy ti1n of iL with the au<lience; but n thing of the .·or t ; pretty :;oon he rawl~ ont from nn<l<'r the wigYr:1n1, <I ncl :ay : " v\r ll, h ow'cl th old thing pan out thi .. tinH\, l> llk<' ~ .. lf hadn't been up t own at. alL \r-e n ever show <l a light t ill we wa. about {('ll 111ilP lwlo\\ that village. Then w \ lit up an(l hacl a npp r, an(l the ki11g nncl t l1 <luke fairly laug·h ed their hone loo:c ov r the way tltc\y·d : cn·e(l tr~ tn p eople. The duke\ : ay~: "Greenhorn , flat head s ! I knew t hr fir. L h o n~e would keep Intun and let the ret of' t l1 to\vn get. roped in · and I knew th y'd lay for ns the thir1l nigh t, and con ~ id<'r it wns their t urn now. V{ ll jL i' their turn and I'd <r ive' ·on1ething· ' ' h ' to know how rnnch th y take for j t. I would jnst likr· to know how th y're putting in th e ir opportunity . They can turn it into a picnic if they want to- they brought plenty provi~ions.'' |