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Show I I l TilE ADVE .. YTURE. OF IIUCKLBIJERRl~ 1·1NN. '~ E 1 ·y nough. the t wn--" l\1is l[,)ok r wa. a-Yi ·iting, up there to ' Yes, Booth'· La11<ling - go on." ' Rhe wa a-vi~iting, 1 hc\rc at Booth' · La.ncling, antl j nst iu thC' edg of the e\·cning ~h \ .·tart e(l O\' r \vith h r nigg('r wo1n:u1 in the horse-ferry, to tay all night at h r friend·~ house, .:\Ii s \\'"hat-you-nwy-cnll-her, I disrcm 'lnb r her n:unc, :l nd they lost their ·t ering-oar, and ·wnng a ronnel tlll(l \H'll t a-floating down, . t rn-fir~t, about two 1nilc, and ~·addh'-lJclggs('d on th \Vreck, nncl the ferry 1nan ancl the nigger \Yonuu1 <lJHl the hor e wa. all lost bnt 1\ri. ' 1 Iooker ~he n1ad a grab ~lncl crnL aboanl the wr0ck. \\r ell, abouL an hol.n· afl r dnrk, \rt' t-'1 <·nntc along down in onr trading-.-cow, nncl it was. o da.rk we clid11·1 1\()tice 1hc' wrcek till we \va:-; right on it; ancl so ~ue saddl<'hngg.- ·ecl; buL all of u . \Va: savccl bnt Bill \Yhippl --all(l ol1, h<\ 'lcrt8 t hr ht'sl cret nr !--I 1nost wi ·h't it hacl b 'en Jnc, I clo:' '" ::\Ty GrorgP! 11':-; th e· bcatene.'L thinrr I \' r ~·t rnc k. An tl llt en wlwt <lid yon all dn? '' "\Y '11 \Ye hl)ll r 'l and took n, bnt it':-; o wi<lc tllcr<', we ('Olll<ln't Jn·\ke no hotly h('ar. So pap . n.i<l 'Oinebocly goL tog<'( ~\shore an<l geL help ~;mneho\Y. I wa~ the nly one i hat conld ~wi1n so I 1n:Hl' a dn.sh for it, and J\1i~s }[ookcr he :aid if I dicln't ,'trike help sootH'l\ co1n h ere and hunt up h er uncle, :ln<l he\l fix: th t.hing. I 1n·ul th land about a 1nile h low, and been fooling along ever inc , trying to get p eople to dn ~mn lhina-, bnt they ·aid '\\rhat., in snch a nio·ht and . uch a <'1llT nt? there ain't no~ nse it.; go forth st <.1111-ferry.' Kow 1 f you'll go, and " "By Jack . on, I'd will ; bnt \vho in th l il.·e 1 o, and blam it I don't know bui f \lingnations ag in' to pay for it? ])D yon r ckon your pap '' ' ''rhy, that's all right. 1\fis: Hooker he told me, pa?·ti-cHlaJ', that her uncle l[ornback " 11;) ' flreat gnn ... ! is hr' ber uncl ? L ooky h rc, y u br ak f<~r ihat light over yond r-wny and turn out we t when y H g1t t her , and ahont a q un rt <'r of a n1i le ouL you'll onH' to tlH· iav rn; t 1l 't 1n to dart y n out to Ji1n II rnbnek':4 :uH1 lH':ll foot the bill. And clon't yon f ol aroun(l auy herau~<' lH' 11 \Yan't to know the nrw~. T ell hinl rn ha \'l' his 11 ire(' :tll ~:\ fp h f 0 l' e h e c au o· ( \ t t n t 0 w 1l • J ft 11 n p y 0 u r s 1 f 11 0 \V ; r Ill n g 01 11 g h . " up around the~ eorn t'r hen\, to ron.'t ont 1ny engn1 rr. 'l' I I I~ \\' ltl~ 'K. l .·t ru k for the light' hut a .' oon a. h turn eel t ltr corner I went back :.nul crot into rny kiff and bal 'cl hc'r out allcl then 11 l ·l . ' . ; t h easy wat r about .·ix 1run(lrPd y:Hd~ and pn c up ~ 10lC 11 . dboat,. for l coul<ln'L re~l tuck ·cl 1nv elf in among · 1118 woo < ' • Pasy t 1'l l ~I COU1 (1 • -l 4llr f rry-hoat .tart . Bnt iake Jt . • all 0 . around I \Va f e 11. ng 1. n tl\ r mfortahl on a c nnts of talnl,.., L • 1 ·t n 1l t hi~ trouble for that gang, for not lnany w nlcl a t onll 11 • •t I · ]arcl ·h ~ w u t )C T wi~h d the widow knowecl about l • JUC b • I ~ |
