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Show helit•\· we conl<l lick "HCh a. crowcl of Spnnianl~ and A-rab:-:, hut I \rant rd to , .. c the cameb ancl clephanL, so I wa.· on lwnd next duy, Sntunlay, in th0 ambu.,ca<l ; ancl "·hen wn got thP word, we ru~hccl ont of the woods and <lown the hill. Hut TilE l~OI~nl~l~S DlSI'ETI, EO. tlH)rc wnrn 't no Spaniard. and A-rab~, and there w:.trn·t no rarnel.· nor no elephant . lt- warn·t anythina but a Sundnvf'chool picnir, and only a primrr-class at thn~. \\r e bu ted ~it up, and cha ed the children np the hollow· but -we neYer rrot a11Yt hing hut some doughnuts antl jrnn, tl1ongh Ben Hog~rs :n got a rng c1o1l, and .Jo ]farpC'r got a. l1y1nn-1)()()k and a trilcf; <lllcl then the tPachcr charged jn a1Hl uwd n.· drop c·n'rything :1ncl cut. I cliun,l see no cli"n1ond:, <nHl 1 told Ton1 ~;nvycr :-;o. I fe ·aiel ther' \ras loads of th 'ln th ere', all_Y\\'il.V; :1ntl he ~aiel there \Y(L A-rab~ t lH·r ·,too, and 'lPplw.llb; and i hin g~ . 1 ~mid, wl1y couldn't \Y ) ·c' the1n, tl1en: ][ ) .-ai(l if I \\·:1rn' t so 1gnorant, but h;ttl reacl a book eall )d " Don (~llixotC';· I would know without ::1.·king. ][c ·aiu it was all clolH' l>y cnc·b;udnl enl. ][(' ~aid th re w;1s hundred:; f soldi()r~ th )rc and C' l<' ]lllant s <lnLl trca ' tH ', ancl ~o on, ln1t w' had ('lH'llli )~ whi<'ll ll l' callc<l nwgician~, an<l tll<'.Y bn<l t nrn ccl th' whole' thiug into <111 infant ~nnchty ::-;el1 ool, just out of . pit e. I .-aid all right, th<"n th<' th ing for n:-; to clo was to go for Ul(· lllt~gJcl;_U1~. 'J'nn1 ;-.;awy<'r :-;ai<l L w:1s a nnn1:-;knll. "\\'hy," ~;1y...; he," a nwgieian conld call np ;1 lot of g('nie~, :1nd th<'.V \Yottld ll ;t:..;lt yonnp like' nothi11g hefnr' you conld ~;1y .lack l{obiu.-nn. TIH'Y arc (:s Llll a. <t tre<' antl ;1:-; hig ;Jronlld <l~ a church : ' "\\"t·ll,"\ I s;ty~, :..;'p n.-c w e got :..;onH' g('11ll'~ to l1 ·lp Hl ' - ca11.t we lick tIt(' oUter cnnnl then'!., "l[o\Y VOil goill<r to fY 't, tlH'lll '-! ,, ~ n b " I c1 o u 'L k n ow. l Low < 1 tf, e.IJ g (' t t lw n1 ? . "\Vby thry rub an old tin Jalll]> or c\11 ircm ring :111<1 tlwn \ h gcni 't-i conH' t C<tring in, \Yit h 11H· t hu11dcr :utd I igld 11 ing al ·it)l>in o· arouncl anelllH-' 'Jnoke a-rollincr and C\'<•n·thin<r tl1c · re b b' . /:"'I (olcl to lo tllC'.V up ancl do it. They clon'l tl1ink 11otl1ing of pulling a ~ltoL tower up by ihc root~, ;uHl l><·lling ;1 Sund".Y ,'chool supcrintcndcnL o\· T tlJ<•hc<l(l with if ---or (\ll_\' otl1c·r Jll(Ul:' "\\~ho 1nak s t h 'ln t '(ll' aroun<l .-o: ., "\Yhy, whoever rub:; the latnp or the ring. Th<'.Y hrlong to ~h -'VCr rub~ the l<unp or th' ri11g, mHl tl1ry ' v<' got to do •whatever he say ·. If l1e tdls ilH' lll to build a pnlnc' fod_v 1nile · l ng, out of di'1n ncl.·, an<l filJ it full of ch \\'lllg gttln or |