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Show 2J0 TilE AJJrEZ../TURES OF IIUCI{LEBERRl- PI. .". \rJ.Y. . ~, "I -~on 't know; I astways I kinder forg --t ; but 1 t bink lv ·-- " Rak \:• aliY I hope it ain't Ifa 11nei·? ., "r1 11 orry t o say 1· t, ··I .. ay .. , ' but 1 f ann r· · t_ he v ry 0 11 \ p ' ~Iy goodne '.'-ancl ·he so \veil only 1a t week! Is ~~to took bad?' "Ilv ai.n ' L no nan1c for it. TlH'Y ct up \Yjth her allHicrht ,..., ' I, .. . ··,.,1w•• t ~ ~ HANNER ·wiTII THE l\llJMP . Miss ~Iary J anc .. aid, and they don't thiill\.~ hour ." she'll last nwny "Only think of that now T \Vl t' I couldn't tl · k f ' : la · the matter with her?'' un o anyth1ng · bl . 80 I says: Ieasona e, nght off that way, :' .:\lump . '' ft'l U.JJPS. 201 "1\lu.rnp. your granny! They don't .. t up with p opl \ tbat's got th ~ mump:. '' "Th y d n t, don't thc'y? 1~ ou bett r b t they do '' ilh theLe Inuinp . Th se mlunp. i.' differ nt. If· an \w kin<l, ::\Ii~ · J\1ary Jnn . ail.., " ] [ow's it a new kind ? '' "Because it's mixed up with oth 'l' thing:.'' " \Vhat other thing: ? '' "Vl ell, Inca lcs, and \vhooping-conah, an<l ry ip las, antl consumption, and ynll )r jand r.', ancl brain fev r, and I clon·L know what all.'' "niy land! And th y call it th 1nump ·? '' " Thafs what l\1iss l\1ary J t.lne .. aid:' "\V 'll, \vhat in th nation do they call it tht\ 1nn1np for?,, "\Yhy, bee au. it ~is the nnnnp.'. That's what it tart .... \v.it h: "\Yell, ther' ain t no .·en. in it. A body Jnight Rhnnp hi:-: to , and tak pi.·on, and fall lown th c "\Y )11, and br ak his n c k, and bn t hi. brain, out, and :mn body come al ng and a:lT what kill d him, ancl son1' nn1n knll up and Ray, ''' hy h' !-'tn1npecl his toe.' Would th<'r' be any n. in that ? ~ ... o. And thcr' ain't ~o R n · in thi , nuth r. Ts it k tching? '' "I· it ketching? "hy, h w you talk. Is a hrt?'"''O'W catching ?- in th dark? If you clon·t hitch on to ne t oth, y u"r ' l'onnd to on another, aint you? And you can't g t a\vay \vith that tooth without f tching the \vhol harr w along, an you? V\T ll, the. e kind of mump i · a kind of a harrow, a. you rnay say-and it ain't no .'louch of n harrow, nuth r, you co1n to g tit hitched-on go d." ""'\\Tell, it's awful, I think;' .'ay: the har -lip. ' I'll go to Uncle Harvey and "' " Oh, y . ,"I say~," I wo1dcl. Of co1~1·se I would. I wouldn't lose no ti1ne." "Well, why wouldn't you ? " u 2 |