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Show i4 I StLr To~'s l'\HI:\: on, 1 ' lllgh! '' :\hi ~ \n,Jy, \\ith an air of 1n t.'lnt npprt'Ciltion. " '\ , )'Otl ·(', .. \tnly, )li 18 ll.anli to ma~t t~rnr, --•1· t ar 'e cbr l(l \lt·r Ill t or· n:1.ry I rv\·r. I JlS m.:tlt• A lJttlo for htr X ow, you JK'('1 gtt allll.,'SC y<·r he ..... l11c~ , t-:t}Jtrill' r~trmi~u~ rountl \lis y('r lot an• I donn to de " «1 tlar, nnd I opec )1 .. r 11on't be off inn hurry." Andy grinned. 11 Yer Sl't\'' said Rom, 1' ycr s~ .. Au•ly, if ony flurh thing ahoul<l hnpp<n ns th t )lnsr ll•l<•y'• hnr!l<' •l10uul begin to act contrnry, and cut up, you nn,J I j~<t leta go of our'n to help him, nnu 1rt'll """ lti~~&-oh y ,., And .'nm an<l Andy lrud their hew bock on their shouldent, nml broke mto a low, immoderntc lnugh, snnpping their fingcl'!l nnd flouri•h· ing their hecl• 1<ith exqui•itc delight. At thi• >nslnnt, IInley apf""U'C'l on tho <ernn<lah. me-wbnt molhfir<l hy crrtnin CUf'l of very gno.l cofl'L>e, he rnme out am1ling an<! talking, in tolcmhly r<'!torel humor. , ""' and Andy, cln11·ing for ccrtnin frngmcnbry p:!lm-len , which they were in tho hnbit of con•idering ns hol•, flew to tbo hol'!le-poal!, to bo ready to "help Mn 'r.'' &m'a palm-leaf had h<cn ingeniously dL.<nt•mgled from all pretension• to hrni<l, as rr.pccl! its hrim; nnJ the . livers ol,rt,. ing Rp:lrt1 an<! tanding upright, gn1•e it n hbzin~ rur of fi\'C· d m nn<l definncr, quito e<Jnnl to that of nny Ft-jM chit.f; while the ~bolo brim of .\n•ly's b<.·ing deport<,] t .. Jily, he rnpped tho crown on his head with n dexterous thump, an• I looked about well pleased, ns if to aoy. "\\'bo aoys I haven't got n hnt J" "Well, boy11," 'lit! IIAlry, "look oJi,·e now ; we mu,t I·~ no time." "Not n bit of him, Maa'r! " aaid am, putting Jlalry'o thot I.e m&<lol " re r· |