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Show LiT::Jl <'1)\1 ~.... P1, to i heir doors and .1i..;tene<l; thc'y was ~llOl'lllg, SO f tip-t ord ~doug, aHd got <lmrll- :-. t n irs a 1l rj g 1t t. 'l'h <'l'<' \vnn1't. a sunncl :Ut\'wltere. ·. I PC<'lJ<'d t I trough a crack of i lte dining-roo1n door HJI(l :-;en the Jncn that \ras watching the corpsr alt · ·onnd a leep ou t I H'i r - - chair · Th door \ras ---.... - - ----· op n into tl)e parlour. wher the corp e wa~ laying, and there was a A <':'.A<'I\.. 1;.;' '!'liE nt~lXU-PO!>'t C('l" 'ndJc 1"11 b tl • ·' uoo n. o l room~. l)arlour door , . I pas. eel along, nn<l the hut tl ·' a.. orwn '· but I s·e e tl 1 (~re \varn ·t nobody in there l relnaind r of PPtcr . I 1 d . ~ 1 k ' so s 1 ove<l on by · but tl1 P frmtt oot \\a.' oe ' rd, and th kc' . . ' . b --1 • Y \\asn t then_}. Just then I hranl OlllC Oily Olllll1o· down th in the 1•arlour . t\ t k . · tmr ' back behind me. I ruu y ' clnu 00 r a '\nft 1 k I . lc to hide th 1 . . oo , around, and the only p1acP r Jag war· Hl the coffin. The lid was shoved nloncr ahont :-t foot, .·ho\viug tlH' <.lea<l ntnll·~ fac0 do\nl in tlt<'r<', with a wet cloth <>V<'l' it, an<l hi~ :-;hroud on. J t uckf'd tit n1o1Hlyh~ tg in undPr i he lid, jn:L dowu hvyoucl \\ hc·n his hands wn .· eros.· 'd, whi h rna<ll lll<' cr<.~<'P t lH'Y \\·ns so cold, a11d tlH·u I run hnck acr :s i h<' n>oin a11d iu lwl1iud t l1 t> door. The penwu cotnillg wns 1\[ary .1anc·. :-41tc· \vent. to th e· eoflin, \'Pry .·of1, a1Hl kn<'elP<l down and look('d in; th '11 sh put lll) hrr han<lkerchi<•f aud I s<'<' :-'II(' hc·o·nu to (•rv ih ouah I l1 -'' h couldn't he:lr h<'r, an<l her hack w:1.· to JlH ' . I :-;lid ont, nnd as I pas. r<lt he dining-romn [ t h naht ['d lnak<· surr LlH·Iu \ratclwrs hadn't C<'ll JH<.' • :-;O I lo')ke<l thronah ilH~ <'rack and evc•rythincr L h \rns all right. They ltadn'L .'lirn·cl. [ s1ipp d np to hrd, fcC'liug rnt lH·r hlue on ac ·onnL' of 1 hP 1 hing playing out tlwt W<ty afLcr I hnd iook so Jnuch trouhl<' :11Hl t'llll SO Jnncll resk about it. ~a~ · s f, if it could .·t:ly wlH ·n~ iL is, nllrigltt · hc)f':nt. e \Vll<'ll we~ g('t down th ri\· }r a hunch·<·d JnilL~ or two, l <·onlcl \\Tit<' hack to ~lnry.JmH' and .he conld di o· . h hint up :1gain and g ·Lit· but that nin't the tl1ina tlwt's goillg- 1 o h~1pprn ; t hP thiug that' go in cr to ll<lpp<'ll is, the 1non0y 'l t be fou1Hl \rh('n thry conH~ i.o ...:crrw on thf' lid. Th ~n thP kiu o· \"') ·n gC't it ag:tin, nncl it '11 he a long dny b )fon .. hr give. anybody auot ber ch~nH' to .'mouch it from hiu1. Of colu ·'I n·anlecl io sl idr down and grt it. out of ih('r(), ht d I <l: l su·L try it. E,·<'ry 1ninnt it was grtti11o· carli r, now, nncl pn·t ty soon ·onl ~of tlh Ill W<l teh<'r. · \Vouhl begin to stir, and I n1 ig h t gc•t catd1e(l- at h ·<l with l"ix thousand dollar in n1y hauds t hal nobody hadn't hir d HH\ to take care of. I don't wi .. h to hr- 1nix<•<.l up in no ,'n h husin<-s.' as Lhat, I ay.· to 1nyself. \\'hen I got <lownstair.' in the 1norni11g the parlour was shut up, and tlt watch r:-; \Vas gone. Tilt re \Yarn't nobody aroun(l hut th family and the widow Bartl y and our tribe. I wat.ch<)d their fac<• ·to s if anything l1a<l b 'Cn lwppc·uing, but I couldn't tell. |
