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Show :?7G \ra" t l1at glad nncl hnppy it 1nade 1ny lH';nt ~1ch<' i o ~<' them ut>tti11<>· fooleJ nncl li c·<l to ~o, bnt l didn·t st~t· n() ~;lf<' WilY for h ~ ~ Hlc· to chip in nnd cltange t lH' gen<'ral t ltD<'. \\r<,l1, bla1nr<l if the' ki11g clicln·t hill the l](>tl."l' <lnc1 ihu 11ig·g 'r.· and all the property for :n1ction straig1tt olf- :-;alp two da_v~ after th fnnC'ral; but anybody cot lltl bny pri\·;tt c· bc{orclwiHl if th '.Y wnnt 'cl to. So the nexL d:1y after the funernl~ along :1bont 11oontirue, the• girls· joy got the fir.'t jolt; :1 coHple of 11igg('r (r;ul<Ts con1e alon<~t a1Hl the J.~in~o · , oldthrln thn ni!,.,t,t,t ~rs n·a~o1wbl<', f<lrthn'e-· dny draft: ns they cnllcd it, <111d awny they wc'ni, il1<' (\ro sons up the rin'r to 1\Ic1nphis, and th<'ir 1notl1er do\\n t It t• l'L\'('l' lo < >rl('ans. I t hougl1t tlt lJn poor .~·irl;-; nn<l the1n 11ig,~·ers wou]cl break their b ·nrt for grief; they cried arou11<l cnc·h (Jtl1 )r, and t ouk on so it 1nosL Iwtde n1 down ~ick to HCC' it. 'l'IJr girls .. aid ihey hadn·l rcr drean1edof .C'eing tl1e f~unily : ep;lrilit •d or .o]d awa fro1n the town. I can·t e\·<·r g<'L it otd of 1ny Jnemory, i h(' !:-i!!ht of tht'ln 1wor Ini,' rable !tirl:-; <111<1 nio·o·vrs l1ano·ing (~ " ~~ 0 aronnd each otLcr'~ n ck and crying; and I r<'ckon I coulcln·t a . tood it all but woul<l a had to hu~t ont <lllc1 tell on our gang if I hadn't knowrcl the ale w:trn't no account anu th niggPr \~onl<l be back hotne in a week or two. The thing mad' a big stir in the town, too, mHl a good 1nany con1e out flat-foot eel and said it was scandalous to ~('paratr the Inoth r <~nd the children that W<ly. It injured tl1e francls SOl11C; hut th Ol<l fool he bu1Jed right along, :pitc of aJl tbr duk could say or do, and I tell you the dnkc waH powerftll un a. y. Next day was auction day. About broad-day in the morning, the king nnd the duke come up in the garret and woke :rne up, and I see by their look that there ,Yas trouble. The king says: '' ''ras you in my roo1n night before la t ? " ~~ Xo, your Jnaje 't.V ··- \\-hich wa.: th \Y<ty 1Jinl \vhcn nobody bnt onr gmlg \Y<n·n t ~no_nnd.·;·· .. \\'"n:-; yon in tht'tT yi~tt•nlny 'l' last Iught. .. X 0 'Oll r 1na je.-t ':· '•J[ononr bright, 110\\. no li e ~:· : ___ .- \ r ' " =:w- _ --::- -- - --- - - ---... --- I .• •• \\' A~ ) 0 l; 1 ~ .\I Y 1~ 0 0 ,\1 · . 1 . . \ ' t 1.111 J (' " ] [on our bn g tt, your ll1<1J s .Y, ~ 1l i 11 n() ' .y 0 u t h hai n •t h n an a' .r your rooln Sl· nc '-\I·us·~· .:.. \l·(1 n' .T ~- n1) . ., :t1ncl the duke and 'l~o,vcd 1t to you. The duke avs: J ] ';I . , "' Jiave yon seen anybody else go in t ter ) . - _ , i tndl1. I t ook .Y., OU |