OCR Text |
Show 430 TilE AIJT"E. .Y T~. .R RS 01•' 1IUCI1.LJJ~JJERR1 .. l·'I.. . Y.Y. " lVell you O'<.•t all the cnjoy1n ~nt you can ont of iL ' b . 11 ou.:, for mincl I i ll you if I catch you 1n idling with hi1n . . agcun-- " l\Ieddling with 1vho? '' Tom says, lropping hi: 'Inile, and looking ,'urprisccl. "\\rith ~uho! 'Vhy, the runaway nigger, of course. 'Y'ho\l yon reckon ? ' - \ \ \ I ' . T0:\1 lWHE QUARE UP IN BED. Tom look at 1nc very graYe, and ay "To1n, didn't yon just tell me he wa all right? 1 [asn 't he got away?" ''Him?'' .'ay~ Aunt Sally; "the runaway nigger? 'Deed he ha n't. Th y\·e got him back, safe and sound, and he's in that cabin acrain, on bread and water, and loaded down with chains, till he': claiinccl or sold! " 4,'11 Tunl ro~(' ~quare up in h d, with hi: <.'yc hot, and hiti noHirils opening <lnd hutLincr like gill , and .-ingH ont to 1n : "ThE.Y lwin't n 1·i,r;ht to Hhut hin1 up! Sltoue .'-and <lon't you lL>H<.' :1 1ninutc. Turn hi1n loo:e! h<' ain't no Hlavr; hP'H a: fre<\ as :tny retnr that walk, this arth ! ·· "\\'lwt does th chilcl 1nean? ., "l Ill -'il11 CYcryword r ay, Aunt ~ally, cllHl if SO!ll -'body don'l go, I'll go. I\·e kno\vccl hi1n all his life, (llHl :o Iws Ton1, t h<.'r<'. Old l\l is:-; \\Tat~on died two 1nont hs ag , and ~h<\ was ashanH•d slw <'H'r wa: going to ~ell him tlown t be ri l"!'r, aud aid ~o; and sl1 s lt hi1n free in her will.'' "Thrn what on arth dicl yon want to s ·t- l1i1n fr \ for .'e<'ing he wa~ alr acly free ? " '• "rell, that 'iS a qu stion, I n1ust :ny; WOllH.' . ll ~ vVhy, I wanted th advenlnJ'e of a wad \d n ck-de p in blood to-goodne ·. ..; }JOLLY!'' and just likP it ; and I'd aliv -AUXT Jf sl1e warn't tanding right thl're, jn.·t in ·ide the door, looking ~1s s\v ct and cont nt cl a: an ang l half-full of pit, I wi:h I 1uny never! Annt ~ally jumped for hrr, and 1nost hngg d tl1e head off of h('r, and cried over her, and l found a good. enough plac l for 1n lllldertb b d, for it was gettingpr-'ttysultryfor us, :e('JlH·cl to n1e. Ancl I peep d out, and iu a littl while Ton1's Annt Pol1y shook hersf\lf loo e and tood there looking across at Tom nv('r her spedctcl =-s --kind of grinding hi1n into the 'art h, you kncnL And t hc\n Hhe says: . ' l? <..'~ you bette?~ turn y'r head away-J would if I wa. you, T01n. '' "Oh, Ol'ary me!., . ay Aunt ~ally; " i' h<. chang d so ? \Y'hy, that ain't To?n it's id; Tom', -Torn'!-!- why, wh re i · Tmu ? 1 [c was h r . a minut ag ." ' l"rou Jnean ·where' Ifnck Finn- that's what yon mean! I |