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Show TilE AJJrE~''I'URES OF JIUCJ{LE/JL'RRJ- FI.Y.Y. .11111 :a . : -~ \Yhi, Mars Tom, I hainl got no eont o' anHs; l hain"t o-ot nuffn but dish-y r ole shirt C'll yon know. T got i o kP<·p de ~ journal on <lat." · ' ( >h yon don't nndrr.~ tnn<l, .T i1n ; n coat. of anns is Ycry diffrr<'nt:' ~' \\ .. ,11 ·• I s:1ys, ".Titn'::; right, nnyw:1y, \Yhen he' snys he hain 't got 110 cmlt of anns, hccnnse h(· hniu 't :· ' 1 rrekon 1 knowed thai;· Ton1 :ays, "hnt, von l1ct he'll hn.vc 011 , before he goe. out of il,is - h-'cau:(J he's going· out. 'right, an<l then' ain't going to he no Ha\VS in hi. record:·. So whitt 111 and Ji1n file<l cnnty at the pen. on a hnckbat apiece, .Titn a 1naking his'n ont oft he hrass .and I n1aking 111ine out of t1 1e spoon, 'l'mn .·et to "·ork to tlnnk oni th<' eont of anns. By-and-h. h aid h ,'<1 strnek so many gootl onP.' he didn't harcl1.v know which to take, but there was one' wltieh he rcckn11r<l he\l decide on. lie say~ : "On i h scutcheon ·we'll haYe a bend 01' in t h <l<'xter ha c, a sa1tin· rn1 uJ'rey in the f ·, with a clog, couchant, for connnon charge, and under his foot a chain e1nbattlecl, for ..la vrr.y, with a chevron 1.:ert in a chief engrailed, and three invcct r(l line, on a field u:-nTe, with the nombril point· rampant on a dane tte indented; cn~st, a runaway nigger, c~blP, with hi ~ hun<ll<' over hi: .-:hould<'r on a har ·ini t r: nnd a coupl<: of gules for supporter., \vhich i: vou and 1ne; motto, JJ[ugq io1·e fJ·etl({, 1ni1101'e atto. G·oi it out of a book-Ineans, the m r . ha te, the 1 ~s spcNl.'' "Cierwhillikins,', I . ays, "bui what (loc' the re~t of jt 1D('(111 ? ., " \\,.. e ain't goi no t i1ne to bother over that," h<? says, "we <rot i o dig in like all git-out." h "\\,..( 11, anyway,'' I 'ay .. .'," what's t o?ne of it? \\ ... hat'::; a fe s?" " A fe - a fe. is-J/0~~ don't need to kno\v what a fes L. I'll show him ho\v to 1nake it when he get. to it." TILE~ COA '/ ' OF ARJf~'.'. 'l ) .... • J l ' '" 'huck:-;, T01n;' I says,'' I think you1night t(·ll a p <>r'Oll. \\'hat'. a bar siu istcr?" ~ Oh, l clon 't know. But h 's got to hav it. All t hP nobility cloes. ·· That~ was jn -t his way. If it did11't .. uit him to explain a thin a to yon, he \vouldn't do it. You 1nighL putnp at hi1n a week, it wonldn •t, 1nn kc no dift renee. IIc\l goL all that coat of arrns bnsine~s fixed, HO now hr tn.rted in i o finish up th rc. t of that part of th work, wltich wa to plan oui a 1nournful i11 cripti n-. aid Ji1n got to have one, lik . they all <lone. l[e made up a lot, and wrote t h Dl out on a paper, and read them off, so : l. I !ere n C(tvpt t1.Je h ea/rt bu te(l. 2. lle1·e n poo?' p1· isoner, fo?', ook by the 1.UOTld cc1ul f 't iencl , j1·etlecl ont his 801'?'owfnl lijP. 3. He,·e a lonely heart b1·oke, and c~ 1.Uo 1·n , pi-,·il 1r'e?lt to it ?'est, after thiJ'ty-t even yea?'. of olilaJ'!) C(tpliv(·l.'J· 4. !Jere, ho?neless ancl jtierulle s, af leJ· thil't/}- even yea?'.' of bitle1' captivity, peri he(l a noble , t1 ·ange1·, nrtlu?·ul, on of Lo-uis .. .\'IV. Tmn's voice trembletl, whiL t he was rea<ling ih zn, and. .. he 1no t broke Uo\vn. ~rhen hc> got don , he coul<ln 'L no wn.v mak<\ up his n1ind which on for J izn to scrabhl on to tlH' wall, th wa all , o <rood; hut at la t he allowed he \Vonld let hi1n scrabble thCin all 011 . Jim said it would tak . bi1n a year to scrabble , uch a lot of truck on i o the log , with a nail, an<l h didn't know how to 1na k0 letter:, besides; but Totn , aid he would hlo I the1n out for him, and t 1H~n h wouldn't have nothing· to do but ju t follow t he lin \.'. Th n pretty soon h ay : " Come to think, the log~ ain't agoing to clo; th y don't have log \valL in a dungeon: \Ve got to dig the in ·crjptions into a rock. 'y e '11 fetch a rock." c u 2 |