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Show it again. 1 hopp<'<l np an<l w ·nt and looked out nt a bole in i 1H· h•n vc., and I see a bnn cIt of --Inok layi no· on the wat ~r a long \\.il,VS np-ahout ahrea. L the ferry. And tb r} was the lt'rry-hoat full of 1woplr, float illS-4' along <lown. I kuo\n'<l what \\as t hP 111nt ter, J:ow. '· Bo01n! '' I :-;ee the whit 's1nokc s;plirt on of the ferry-boat ·s sid<'. )~on src, they was firing cannon ov<·r the wat er, trying to Jnakc 1ny carcass con1c to the top. I was pretty hlnlgry, but It warn't going to clo for HH to :tart n firr brcan~c they 1nighL SCl' the ·1nokc. ; o I t t her :uu 1 \rat ('h t•<1 tlw e:n1non-.'HH>k<· and listen eel to t h ' bo 1n. The ri V<'r wns a 111 il e ''" idt ·. tl1crc·, ~ln<l it alway:-; look. prcLty on a :-:tlllllll<'l' 111orni11g so [ W<l. ' l1avino· n croocl C'nono·h tillH' S('<·incr < n b b ' t-> 11H·tn lllllli for 1ny l'< 'lll<lin<lers, if I only had a bit io cat. \\' <'ll t hr11 I hnJ,pcn<'cl tl> t h iHk how t h cy always put (] nieksil rer j1.1 Joa\<'S of hn:a<l a1Hl float thc'lll off bccans they always go nght. t0 ilH· <1ruwnded <'an:a:s and stop tllt'l'<'. ~o :ays I, I' ll k"1'P a look-oni and if any of ih('In·~ floati11g nronnll after nH·, I'll gi\e thc1n a :-;how. [ changPcl to the Illinois edge of tlll' is]:u_Hl to •'t'l' \Vl1at luck f COuld ba\·c, :111<11 \rarn'i di;1(\~)poinled . .:\ 1 llg- <lonl>lc loaf con1c ~11 )11 cr, and I most o·ol it \\ ilh ·t 1<)Jl cr . l! ,....., ' < n :-:t l<'k, ln1t 1ny foot s1ippe<l ;nul ~l w fio<lt d onL farLhcr. Of cnurs0 I \ra: \\ hrr0 thr cnrrrnt :ct in the ·lo:c'. L io t.he l10n·J know<·<l enough fort hat. Bul by-and-by along rcnnr.· another ont·, :~ncl thi. titne I won. I took out the pluo· and shook o1tt t hC' l d ilc dab of q uiclc il vcr, a11d . ct 1ny teeth in. I t wn: h l ' ·ll ·0r·~ brc·ld .. ·1 ~ tl l't ' ' " · ( - \\ U.tt- 1c qua 1 y at- none of your low-<lown <.'tH'll-p(m c. I gnL a goocl place mno11g. t the l<'a-rcs, and s t there on n ]orr 1nunehin o· the 1)r ·1d 1 .. ~ 1 · 1 · 0' . • o L nne \\ chC nng t 1e f rry-boat, and YC'lJ \Vt'll .·ati sfJl'<l. And t hen .'Olnething struck m . I ay , no\v l re~kon the widow or ~l1e ) .,. . b . ~- I a1~on 01 01ne ocly pray cl that tln · hr ad won1c1 find me, and h re it h"s gone d l 't Cl . • n an c one 1 ·• ~-.,o th r ' a1n t no doubt but tl 1c1.e 1· s :o1nct1 u .n g 1. n that tln•n g. That is, th r , ~ 1n thing in iL whrn a boL1y like tl1 widow ot· 1 br par .. on prny:, hut it don,t work for JlH', and I rr~kon it, d )n't work for o1tly jut the ricrht l~in<1. T lit a pipe and hacl a good long . 1noke anll w nt n watch-f . I • 1 •• 1 J 11;i (/ "' WAT '111!:\(l Till ·~ 1\0A' l'. ing. Tb fL'rry-l))~d, \Y8. floalingwith th cu1Tent,nn<1Ial1o"c·d f\l haY a hanre to . who was <ll)oan.l wh ·n ·h rOJn nlong,. b cause .·h woul<l con1 in elo ·c', wl1 err t hr br ad ditl. \\'}J ell .. he '<l g t prri l y well alon cr down tO\\t~ud s 1nr , I pnt out 1ny P! pc· and went to wh rc I ft .. hed out t h ' brca<l, and laid clo\\'TI br1un<l |