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Show that ntire to\\·n down her hcfor yon ('i.lll hardly wink, ~li ·s 1\Iary. A1Hl tlH·y 'll eornc a-biling, too.'' I judge<l WP had got Y rything fix<'d about rjght llo\r. ~0 I sa v: : '' Jn t lei th' an ·tion go ricr1d along, and <lon'L \\ Ul'JY. Xobo( l.v clon 't ha vc' to pn,Y for the thin g.· tltc,v bn,v till a wh~>le <lit r ~1ft l r the a ucLiou, on account.· of i he . h orL notice, a u<l ilH'\' <I in ;I going out of t hi .· till ill ey get th:1 t 1noney and tltc W<l.\: ,rl:\'<' tixc<l it th' ·al<' ai11.i going to couut, and il1c\· <lill'! goiucr In I 110\\" TO FIXD '1'11 1<:.,1. (jfl no 1non v It· · J.ll ·t lt'l · , tl - 'L · ] 1 · • . • ' ~ '\C 1 \HLY 1 \\"Ct~ Wlf t t lC JlJO'o'(' l':' - jt 'ntrn't no s·tl(' 'lllcl t] · · ·11 l 1, 1 1, r h"1 T 'c ' ~ lP TIIgg<'L' WI )(' uaC Z Ul'JO)'(' ]on!;. :' h,Y, thr.v cm:'L co1lcct tl1c 1non ,v for the niuue;·s, ycL- -Ll1cy';.e 111 1·hc wor L knHl of a tix, ::\fi~ 1\'Iarv.' , "\Veil,'' .1H· says, "I'll nut clow1~ to brcakfa.'L llow, alH1 L11C'll I 11 start ~tra1ghL fdt' ~Tr. Lothrop\:.'' "'Dcc(1, that ain't Uw ti<.:kct, .:\liss ~'Iary Jane;· I :-;,1 v~ · hy no Inanncr of mean .. ; go uejol·e breakfaf3L. '''rhy? ') ,. ,,.. . hat did you r · ·k()n 1 ,,.illltC'<l you to go :d all fflr, :\li:-:~ ~!:1 ry ? ., :, \Vel], J lH'\.<'1' t houg·ht- :tnd c:o1ne to i11ink, f don't kno\\. 'rhat wn. · it '! ., '' \\'hy, il\; beean~c· yon ain'l on~ of the'(' ]cai h 'l'-fit<.:' pcop\('. J don't \vaut no better hook tb:tn what your f:1re i:. A body <.:an ,ct clown iUHL read it off likC' coar.·c print. ])o you l'<'C'knn yo11 can go ~nHl fac<' yonr Ull <.:lC'~, \rll l'll the• r 'Olll<' to ki:-;' ynll . ., O'OOc1-lllOI'llll1g·, an(l 11('\.C'l'--- " Ther , there, don't~ -Yc:, 1"\l go lwfor' brcakf<t:--t - l"lllJc· glacl to. An<llca v my sister~ 'rith th )1n '! ·• ") ~c.· - ncv<'r 1nin<l abont th >Jn. Th('y \ · ) got to staud it. yet a "·hilt'. Th<.Y 1night f'lt:-:picion so1ncthillcr if all of yon \\ H~ to go. I <lon't \Yan 't yon to sec tlH'rn, nor yonr ,'i:-;ter: nor Jt<>body in this town - if a neighbour w<ts to a:k how is yonr unci·~ thi~ n1orning, your face won1d tell. OlDCt lti11g. No, you go rigl11 along 1\li:-; · l\Iary Jan , and I"JL fix it with all oft hc'ln. rll tell 1\Ii ,_, ~usan to giv' your lo,·e io your uncle~ aud .·ay yon\·1· ,vent awn y for a few hour:' for to get a litll <' n·. t atHl ·haug<.>, or to . cc n. friend, a1Hl you·ll he back to-nighL or •arly in the . ., lll0l'llll1g. "(Jotte to sc, a fri cu<l i.· all right, buL I \ron't hav my loY<· g iven to thc1n.'' ' \\rcll, then, it :han't be.'' It \\"(1.' well <'nongh io tC'll ltr' J' o-no hann in it. It W£lS onl.v a litO tl1ing to do a11<l 11n iroublP; an<l if · ih, littl ·thing that. ·1no )the· people's road:' the mo ·t, clown here b elow; it ''"ould 1nak' .l\fary Ja11 cond'ort~ bl , ancl it wouhln 't co ·t nothing. Then I S£lYR: '' Thc·n: · OlH' more thin o·- t hat babcr of n1on Y. '' h . "\\.. . ell, they've got that; an<l it 1nal< :Inc f· cl pretty :-;illy to think !tow th y got it." "No, you're out, thcr . They hain't got it." "\Yhy, who' · got it? .. |