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Show I 0 l through the· i•sa~ l1:dl W(' .·c·c a light·! nn<l nil in 111(' ~:nne· f-:P<'tnld \\"' ~('Cllll'd io ll<':ll" low YOl<'C~ in yonder! .Tinl wl1i:pt'n·d :uul ~aid lH~ \\·;1:--l f<'('ling powerful si<·k, :md 1(11<1 lll<' tn l'Ollll' alo11g. f S:ly~, ~11 rig·]Ji ; H11<l \Y:l S going 1o ~Ltrt !'or tl1<' raft ~ httf· ju~t- tllf'll I hl'ar<l :1 \ oic<' \\ ail ntd :md Ol1, plea~c don't, l>ny~ : I s\\-(':11' I \rn11'i <'\(' I" tell!., .:\n o11H~r n>ic<' ~aid. pretty lou<l: '·Tr~ a 1i<·~ .linl TnrnC'r. You·,.· nd<·d i hi..; \rny h< ~ l~n·<·. Yun alw:1y~ want n1ore'n your sbarc of tlw irnc.:k, a11<l \"<>ll.\'P :thray~ got il, too, hc<.::ntsr yon'v(' s\rnre 't if yon <licln'l yon'd i<·ll. Bnt thi~ i i1nc yon\·e said it j<'.'t onr t in1c too nl:llly. You're tl1c• lll<'mH'··d, tn':lcllc·ronse~t holnHl i11 this conntrv.'' By this iillH~ .li1n \\:ts gone for the raft. I \r: t.· jnst :t-l>iling· ''iih curiosity; nnd l ::-:ays to Iny:clf, 'I'ont N:nryer \\ottlclll~t" h.tck ont 110\r, nnd ~0 1 won't c\ither; rnt ~lgoiug to f.~('(' \\ lint'~ gning on h re. No I dropped on 1ny hnn<l~ mHl kuec~, in tlH· littlr pas~ngr, :nHl crept aft in the dark, till thrrc \Yarn't ln1i a hont one stat cromn bet\yi:xt 1nc ancl the eros. -hall oft he i <'Xa~. Then, in th ' re T .'C(' a 1nan .'trctel1ccl on the floor and tied ltan<l and foot, aJ1<l two 1ncn ·tanding over hi1n, ~nHl one of' tlu•1u harl a din1 lant(•rn in hi. hand, nncl the other on had n pi tol. Thi.' Olll' krpl pointing th pi.tol nt the 1nan' hca<l on t ltr floor and . aying- " l\11 iJ.·p to ! A1Hl I ort r, too, a 1ncnn . ·knn k ! ~ Thr 1nan on the Hoor would shriv 1 np, an<l, ay: " ( )h, plcasr don't, Hill-! hain't evrr goin~ to tell.'' Antl e\·cry tin1 \ h .'aid that, th nun1 with th lnntcr11 w uld laugh, and say: "'Deed you ctin'l! You nev r "'aiel no truer thing 'n i hat, you bet you .. , And one he aiel : " I [ ar him b g ! and yit jf w hadn't got the be t of him and tird him, h 'd a kill <l us both. And what jo?'? Jist for noth'n. .Ti.-t becaus "\VC • tood 0 11 our ri.r;lt/.~-tlJars wl1:d· fnr. l~nt I l:ty you :tin'L :tg-11iu' to tln·<';dt·n n()lHHl_v anytnorc·, .lin1 Turttc·r. Pttl "1) tlt:t1 pist ol Bill.'' Bill ::1y:-;: "1 dn11'( \\ant io, .lnk<' P:t<'k:trd. 1'111 f'()r killin' ltitn-:u 11l <1i <1n'l lH' kill ol<l l lnifi<'ld ji .. t ih<' ~:tllH' w:t\'-:t1Hl dtnt't l11• • 4 • • " drs<'n'f' 11 ; "But T clon~t ?f'(Uil hinl Lille<l, an<l 1\ <' gnt 11 1.' t<·a:-~on: for it." ~' Bl . s yo' h ;nt for HH'lll \vorcl ~, .Jak<' Pnck:tn1! I'll lH'\' r. f org1' t you, 1o n g ' s I 11' v c .' " · <'1 .\,· •~ iltr lnnn on ill<' fl)or,;.;orL of blubbering. · , 1· n- Packarcl didn't ta.k no not ic of tlwt, hut hung up 11 • 1 · a tern on a nai], and tartec1 4t -0\Varu-1:- ;• w·h .)re f W'<l ~· ' th l'C 111 ilH~ dark, and 1noh.o nec1 ])'11 4 I crnvfi h d a. fa .t aR I Jl Lt> com · ' · |
