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Show 1. ,.._.. ) "\\,.hars it all ahont ? ., Ray.· he: "])on't yon know, :\Iars Jawg<'? ·· " Xo, '' a ys I ' J don't." ''\Yell tl n l\Ii s ~ol>hia's run off! 'de<'d slH has. She rm ' ' off in de uirrht, OllH'tinl - nobocly d n't know jis' when-rnn off to git 1narri 'd to dat young l Ian1<)y ~h lphcrdson, yon know - - lea brays :o dPy 'spec. ])e frunblyfoun' it out, 'bout half au hour ago- 1na_vbc a liU 1 Jno·- n' I tell you <ley want't uo t in1c los'. Hich a not her burryin' up gun.· <'n ho se. yon uc\·rr ._ ! J) 'w m n folks has gont' for to stir 11p cl r 1ation.:, enol(· :\Iars aul en d<' boy.· tuck dry guns en r d up dP rivPr road for to try to ketch dat yo1n1g nun1 ·n kill him fo' he kin git aero. t d riYer wid .:\li.::; Sophia. L rcek'n d0y's gwyne to l>c Jnighty rough tiln<'~:' "J3nck wen L off 't hont waking 1nc up:· '\\\,11, I reck'n h' (licl! Dey warn't gwync to 1nix yon np in it. :.'\lar · Buck he loaclecl up l1is gnn Pn '1 w cl he\; gwyne 1o fcteh hou1e a Shrph )rd 'On or bu "t. \Vc1l, dey·n b plm1ly un '1n tlah, 1 n'ck'n, <'n yon bet yon lH_.ll fetch. one f hr gits a clHU1.'L.' I took up i he ri ,·cr roa<l as hard n 1 cottl<l put. By-and-by l hrgin to lH'(U' guns a g od wn. 1S off. \Vh n I COlne in .. igbt of i h log , tore and the wood-pile \Yhen' t.h ·t0:unboats land, I \York d along under t hr trees nnJ. brush t iil I got to a goo<l place, and then I ehunb up into th - forks of a cotton-wood that was out of reach and watcbrcl. Th r \Ya. a wood-rank four foot high, a little ways in front of th t.re , and first I was going to hide behind that; but 1naybe it wa."' luckier I didn·t. There was four or fire 1nen cavorting around on th ir hor. es in the open place before the log tore, cu .... sing and yelling, and trying to g t at a couple of young chap.· that was behintl i he wood-rank alongside of the ~t a1nboat landing-but they 'J'IlR II ~OOJJ PILH. ] - I I • I couldn't co1n it. E\·( ry tin1c on of t h<'Ill ~l lOW<'<ll ti ll L't•lf on i he riv \r ide of the' woocl-pile he got ~h ol at. T it<' 1 wo boy.· wa. ..quatting back to ba ·k behind Uw pi le !"o thc'y eould \\atch both way . By-and-by th l1H'n :t opp <l ·avoding nron11 tl :1nd y<·lling. They tart (l riding lo\vards the .tore ; tb C'u up gets one of tht' boys, draws a st ady b ead over th<' \Vood-ran k, and d rops one of . .... J .. • \ .. · .. ~ "BEJllX D Til E WOOD I' IL l·:.'' th 1n out of his ..:addh'. Alllht> men jutnpe<l off of' th eir horse!" and gra.bbecl th hurt on0 ~uHl .-tartc'<l to earry ltin1 to t h(' .'LorP; :1nd that lllinute the two hoys 'tarte<l on t lH· nut. Thry g ol half-way to the treP 1 W<L' iu hPfor tlH' 1neu 11oi ic d. TlH'll ih men.0 th In,an<ljunlp<'dontheirlwrsesandtook nLaft<'r th 111. They era in (l on t h , b y , but it didn't do no good, th boy had i o gt)Ocl a start; they got to t lU' wood-pile that wn. · in front of n1y tr r ancl lipped in bLind it, :uHl ·o tll(:y ltnd • |