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Show 40 work. Ther \ra. an ol<l hor e-l1lankct n<lilccl ngnjnst the log.· at tl1e f;lr end of the ·al)in h 'bin<.l the table, to keep the \Yin<l fro1n hlo"·ing throngh tht' chink~ and putting the candle ont. 1 got under the tabl and r:1ise(l th' 1)lanket and went to \York tn .·aw a section of thl' bi!! hcttmn Iocr oul·, bio· enouah to , , ~ h b 1 et llle through. vY elJ ' it W;l.~ a good loug job, but I wa gctbllg' 1 owanl · the end of it ·when 1 hearcl p~1p\; gun in t hr vvooch. 1 got riel oft he . ign of n1y \York, and clropp d. the blanket :111 c! l1id 1ny ~a\\T' and pretty ~oon pap come in. P«lp \rnrn·t in a good lnunour- ·o he w~L hi.' natural .·elf. lf(' ~aid he wa. do\rn to town, an<l v rytbino· \Vas o-oing wroncr • • t:> b b. Jr1.· lawyer .aHlllc recl~olH'<l he would \Yin hi· lawsu:t and cr ,l· 1 hr 1noncy, if t h<'Y eYer goL ·tarLccl on tl1e irial; but tl~cn there wn. w:1ys to pul it oft' a loner tin1r, <n~cl (Judge Thatch<'r knowe<l ho"· to <lo i L , \ n<l h , aid people allo,,·ecl there'd be m:otlH'r iriul to geL lll<' <\\r<ly fron1 hi1n and give 1ue t tbc '~Idow :<~r .Iny guardian, and they gnc:-;:ccl it would "\rin, thiH tun<'. llu .~ .-hook Inc up con:id ~rahle, b cause I didn't want t~) .~·~back to thr wiuow'~ any 1nnre a1Hl be ·o crarnpcd np, n11 <l • 1 \ 'llL'Pd, as they ca l1cd it. Th 'n the old 1nan got to cus 'in cr and en: rcl evcrylhing and C\'cryhody he eon1cl think of, n 1~l then en', eel the1n nll orcr again to 1na ke :-;urc he hadn't skipped ~n1y~ and a~ter th.nt he· poli. ·1l ell off \vith a kind of a general cnf.i~ .tlllound, Incln(hng a con. i<.lrrable I>:.Hcel of peo I ·1. l I "' 0 · l 't 1 p 8 \\ llC 1 lC .H n .::no'r the n<nne. of, nnd o callecl thcin what's-his-nm.ne, \li ll n he ?ot to t hein, and went right along \vilh his cu sin o·. ] fc saal b:. \ronhllikc' to ce the widow get me. J[e o ai<l he woul<l watch out ~md 'f tl t'· .1 h. ' 1 1 ley ncu to co1ne any such g:unc- ~)11 nn he knowecl of a place .-ix or seven Inile off t ·t '" 111 wher tl · l , o s O\V 111 c ti 'l e r :ey ung lt hunt till th Y dropped and they coulcln 't 11( lll e. llw t 1nacle 1nc prett . nll.lltlt l ,· I 1 y nnea y again, but only for a rec \Onetl I wo1 11 ·t t ~ · 1 ( n 8 chance. ny on hand till he got that The old 1nan maJ:. n1e go to th ·kiff and f teh the thing: he had got. There \vas a fifty-pound sack of corn Jncal, on<l <l :ide of bacon, aminunition, and a four-gallon jug of \rhi ky, and an old book and two newspap r for wadding, b ~i de .· . Ollletow. I toted up a load, and \rent hack and . et down on the. - --- -- T J II~ K I .:\ <: I T 0 \"1.:1:. bow of the skiff tore t. I thought. it all oYer, an(l I rec:konc<l I ·would walk off with the aun and ·on1e lines, and t uke to thc-b \vood when I run a\ray. I gue. i" (l I wouldn't stay in one place, but just tramp right aero:: the country, n1ostly night tilnes, and hunt anu fi ·h to keep aliv ' and so get so far away that the old 1nan n or the \-vidow couldn t yer find n1c nny 1nore. |