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Show ll.) I ··~ TIIB .. LIJrJj'_.Y. TUllE·' 0}' IIUUJ{LE'BERll1~ l ·,l. .Y. .\~ I\·<' l)('o·o·etl a loner <'Y<'l' since dry a ·a po·wder-horn. \\rhen:':.; i hat t"lh b it'll ' nt ? <J i Y<' it here:· I had cm1.·iclera hle 1non y, so I gi Y hi1n ten eent s, hni ht'<rcr ,d hinl to ~1)rncl it for somc,t hi11g to r•at, an<l giYe me ~.o1nc· .. bb \)('Ci\11. c it was a 11 1 h <' 1noncy I hacl, an< l I hadn't ha<l nothing . .... ,, ,.....______ ROy L NONt: ':lUC 1\ l ~~·~:--~:j l--:~ - II E (L~ \'I~ JlL\1 TE~ ('EXT~. . '-- to at .·inc yc~t 'relay. He never said nothing. The next 1ninute h whirl: on 1ne and ays: ' J)o you r c.:kon thai nigg r wonl<l blo-w on us ? ,,~<'·cl :kin hi1n if h <lone that! " "Jiow can h' blow? liain't he run off? ., No! TJwt olcl fool~ hl hi1n, a1Hl never diYidl'<l ,,·it h nH·, anclth 111011 . \.; gone." "Sold hin1?" I .'<lJN and becrun to ry; '' wl 1y, he w:~: Jll/J ni<rger, n1Hl that '"<L' 1ny lllOHl'y. \rher · i: lu· ~-r Willl . ., 1n v n 1 abcr r. ol b "\\\,ll, you can 'L yel yonr nigg<\r, ilw t'N all-.-o dry up y )ttl' blnbb<'ring. ]..Jooky h )n'-clo you t hi11 k !JOL~'d ventnrl' tn blow on u~? BlanH'cl if l tl1ink I'd trn~t you. \\rhy, if you 1r•u ,· to l >lO\V Oll H ,_·· lie :t pp cl but I n~..~ver E<'C tlH' dnk<' look ~o ualy ut of hi· ey \' l)cfore. I went on a-whiiD}H'ring, <llH.l ~ay:: ' r don't want to blo'"' Oll nobody . :lllcl I a i ll't goL no i itne i o hlow, n how. I <roL to turn out <nHl find my nigg r:· 1 [ look eel kin<lel' bothered, and ~too<l 1 h ·rc "·ith his bill:-; fluttering on hi:-; nnn, thinking, an<l wrinklin<r up hi for 'head. At ]aNt h ' .:ay: : I'll 1 ell ~ou sotncthi ng. \\\ \ got i o b lH·r' three days. If yon'll pro1ni ·e you 'vcu't blow, and won't let th' nio·gl'r blow I'll 1 ell you wh ,r j to fin<l hin1." ~o I pnnni. cd, (1lltl lH' say· : "A fanner by tlH' lWin of ~ilas J>h '' an(l t hl'n b · :::;topped. "l.,.ou : c he startetl to t 'll HH' th' truth; hut 'rhen h) sLoppc<l, that way, a11d bPgun to. tn<ly <nHl think again, I r ckonecl he \Va · changing hi.- n1incl. And so h<' wa. . 11 <· wouldn't tru~t 1ne; l1e want )1lto 1nake sur <' of ha,·ing lllC out of the way the '"bole t hn· ' dny~. Ho pretty : on h<' :-:<ty~ : "Th 1nau that bought l1in1 is n;nned Abnun Fo:tt'r-Abr;ltll U. l~"'o.·tcr-ancl he liYes forty mill' baek l1erc iu tlH.' country, ou the road to La fay >tt •.'' ' All right," I:;\ N " I can walk it iu three d;ty~. And [' ll . tart t hi · v ·ry aftt'n1oo11.'' "Xo y u won't, ·ou'H start no1.o; <ln<l don't you lo~e any titnc about it, ncith 'r, nor do any gabblincr by t.h · 'Yil)'. .J u~L |