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Show 1n a butt of In:un~~·.v, like a cat. S'po ·e peoplP left lUOlH',V Ltvino- nronntl wh{'n' lw wa~-what did he <1o? l[r coll:lrt>d it. po~ he con t rad vd t (, dn a thing · and you p:l id hi tn, and clidn't )t do\rn tttPn' and ~ee tbat h"' don it- what did he> d11'! l[c always done the ot h1•r t lting. ~·po he opened hi~ 111nuth -what then? If ltl' didn't .:but it np powcrfnl quick, he'd los a lie ,,·cry i illle. That·_, i he ki1Hl of n bng I [(•nry wa:-:; and if we'd a had hi Ill a long · 'tea< l of onr king~, h 'd a fo<1h'<l that town a lH·:q> \ror:--e than ounL don('. I don't . :1y that nnnt i:-; lnn1b~ h eau~ tlH·y aiu't. whPn yon comP right do\Yll to th(' ('ohl fact·· hut tltt"'Y :tiu't nothing t tltut old nun, anyw:l)'· 1\ll I . ay l.', king~ i. ki11~:-:. and you got to Inake allo\r<lliC <'~. Take th 111 all aronud, tbt>y'n, a Jnjgl)ty <'rn ry lot. It's the wny th<'y're rai:-: •d.'' ~·But dis on do ... ,mefl ~o ]ike de nation, l[uek.'' ' \\,.. ']}, th y all do, .Jin1. lJre cm1't hell' the w:1y ~1 kiug :-;Jnells ; hi to1 y don't tell 110 way." '~ Xow cle dnk(', ltv·~ a tn1erblr lik(•]y 1nan, iu t{Ollle wa y~:· '"l~cs, a <luke·~ (li ffl'r"ut. Bnt not v ry different. Tl1i:-: ou ·\ a rnicldlin~· bard lot for n duke. \\.,.hen he'· drunk t ltt•n· I 1 ' ain't 110 n ar-sightt'(ltnan conhl tdl bitn frotH a king.'' "'\Yell, anyway~, l llonn' hank<'l' for no 1no' nn 11111, lftt{' k. l>e. i:; aU I kin stan· ... •• Tr.' tlt<' wny I ft·eL too • .Jin1. Bnt \vc\·<' got thcn1 on our hantls, and we got to rt~lll'tnhcr what th y arc, and nHtk, allow·~ anc ~. HorncLirnt·:' I wi~lt WP could hear of a country that's ollt of kings.'' . \rhat \Ya~· the· n~u tn tPll Jiu1 the ·c warn't real king.' and duke. ? It \vouldn 't. a donr no gootl; and be ides, it ,,-as j n~t. a. I aiel ; you ('Ouldn't t<·1l t bern fron1 i h real kind. I went to .·1c<:p, a11d .litn didn't call 1n ~ wh n it \vas 1nv turn. He often doll(-" that. \rhen 1 wakecl up, just at del);_ break, he wa :etting tl tt'rc with l1i.' h ad clown betwixt hi · JIJI f/L"J', ... IIOJ!L', 'I CA-. knees, 1noauing and 1nourning· to ltitn elf. 1 didn't tak t• 11 tiec, nor 1 \t on. l know<·d what i t wa. abou t. 1[<' ,, a~ thinkino- about hi wife ancl hi, childr n, a\Yny up yondc·r, nntl h \ wa l nv an<l home ·i k; b cause he hadn't t'\'t'r lw1• 11 away fro1n hoin<\ h fore• in hi~ lift·; a1Hl I do b ·li<'Y< ' It (· cnrecl jut a Jnnch for his proplt\ a, wl1it<' fol ks d(ws f r ll' thcr'n. It don't <'<'lH natural, but l reckon it's .·o. Jl (· was oft n 1noaning a1lCl 1nourning tllat wn.v nights whc·n 111' judged I wa ash) p, a1Hl ~nyi11g, '"Po' lit t lt' 'LizaiH•t h ~ p1>. ]ittlr Johnny! it's 1nighty hard; I sppe' I <liu't ('\·c·r g·wy n1• j ,) :-;('<'yon no 1no', no 1no'! ., l[<' wa. a 1nighty good 11iggc·r .I int wa • But thi titnr I sotnPl1ow got to talking to l1i lll ;tl lOut l1i-, wife and young on<'. ; und by-ancl-hy In· snys: "\\'hat makes nu· ft•el so hacl dis t in1e, ·m~ h ' kd~ e I ltt·a r smnpn over yond ron de bank lik a wback, ('I' ~l slnm, wl 1ik nero, en it 1ninc rn cr cle t itn' l treat 111y l it! l ' 'Liz<lhl·t It :--o ornery. ~'he warn 't on 'y 'bont fo' yt·ar ole t>ll ~h t • tuck cl(• sk'yar] t-£ v r, n had a powful rough ·ppl]; hnt f'h<' got well , ('11 one day ·h wa.· a-.-taunin' aroun·, C'n I . ny · {,) h<'r l . ny:--: "' Sb t de do'. "She n ver clon<\ it ; ji ·· sto<Hl <lnh, kin cr ~tnilin' up at nw. It 1nake 111 macl; en I says agin, 1nighty loud, l ~~1 ys : "' Doan' you h ar llH' ?-,· hct <1<' do'~· "Sh ji ,, toocl cl \ . <lllll' \rny, kinC'r stnil in' up. I w :l · a-bilin ! I ny : " 'I lay I mal..;e yon 1nine ! · "En wid da.t I£ t<.:h' her n slap ::;ide d ]l ('<Ld <lat sont lt l'r a-sprawliu'. Den I '"' nt into de yuth r ro01n, ell uz gmw 'hont t n minut ; en wh n L com ba ·k, dah wn.' d<t t d(l' :1-stannin' open yit, en dnt thilc stannin' 111 ,. right i11 jt, n-lookin' down an l mourn in', C'n d t ars runnin, down. ~Iy, bur I 1.uuz mad, I \vas agwync for d ehile, but jis, den - it wa.· a dt>' |