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Show 'l.' f , ) • )• j-tl1cn · \raru't nothing to do l1nt jn~t hold ~i ill, <111d try an<l he· n·:Hly to stancl frmn llllll<.•r wht·n the JighL11ing struck. [ h<Hl just on<' lit tll' gliJH}l.'l' 0f the old g ntlcnw.n \\'h('H 11<' cnn1c in t he11 the bc<.l hid l1i111. :\Ir~. Phelps ~h ' jn1nps for hinl and ~<1\' .': "}fa: lH' C01llC? .. '• Ko,'' nys her hu:-:bnnd. "Goo<l-ness gracion: !''she . nys, "'d1n.t in th<· world cu 11 lw\· hccon1e of hin1 : ·· 'I can't in1agi11e," ·ny ' th(' ol<l creutl 'Ulan; "m1d [ Illtt~t :-.;~y, il1nakc.' llH' dreadfnl1111casy." "lTnca.y!" ·11(' s:1y~, "1'n1 l'<'lHl\r to go (li;-;tractcd ~ 1ft• utu ·l a cmn'; m1<lyon·\·e 1ni~ .. '<lltitn along th' road. l !.·null' it's .o-:<.nnct hino· tell 111c .·o.'' ' '\ 7hy f);.llly, I coulcln'l Iniss hiu1 along the road-you know that.'' '~But ob, d<'ar dt•ar, \rhai 1.cill Si: ::1y! Ifc lntt.' t a eon1e! ·Yon 1nu. t a 1nisst'<l hi1n. l[c---" '· Oh, don't <list rc .. ~ 1ne any nun· ,·n I'nl alr acty dislr('s~ed. 1 don't know what ill tl1 C \YOrld to 111:1 k of j {. J'n1 at 111 ,V \ri t's <' tHl, n1Hl I < lo11 ~t 1ni nt l ac know 1 'dging 'L l'u1 righ L down 'Cared. B tlt i hc're 's no hop t baL \; he cou1e ! for h • could 1~ 'l cotne ~n1 d 1ne 1ni~s hin1. 8ally, it" ., terriblc-jnsl t. 'lTibl<'-. on1 'lhing's lt:1pp nctl to ihe boat, .-nrc; .. ''Yl1y, ~ila. : Ln k yonder !-up th ron<l !-<lin't t.hat ~0111cbody con1ing? ., JI} prnng to th wjuclow at th' h ·ad of the b <1, and ihni giv J\Tr~. Pltclps the chance ·he wanied. Rh stoop d do\rn quick, at the foot of t h bed, and o·i ve 1ne a pull, n nd out I co1ne; and wh n h turned back fro1n the winclo\\· ther sh' ~tood, a-bcc.uning and a-smiling like a hou e afire, an'd I . tan<l-ina pretty m ck and w aty along ' itle. Th old g ntle1nan , tared, and ays: J ..V. ~ L IJILE.l!Jf.. 1. • \\'"hy, who', that?'' ' \\'"h <lo you reck n ~t i ~ : " 'T hain'L n i<l a. \Vho is il ? ., '· Il\ 17orn SawyeJ· .' ' •)'"),. • h)•) By j ing:·, I 1no~t .-hunp (l ·though t h floor. 1 ~ nt t her<' ,.~ l1! 1, \ . ~ ~- -- .1 \ .l I ' f • • I "- .l - ··--·- ,It .-- --- --- " \\'II 0 ()() YO l T l!El'KOX 'T I~ ! .. Wi.n·u't no ii1ne to s\vap kniv s; the ol<l IUiUl grabbed n1e h.Y th<' han(l and hook~ and kept on ·haking; <nHl all t hr ti1nc, llo\v i be wo1nan dill <lance around an<l laugh ctnLl ery; and lhC'll how i lu·y both did fire off qn stion: ab ut ~id, and :\far y' ancl th' rc~t of the tribe. But if they was j yful, it warn •t nolhing to what I wa ; for • |