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Show 1 ~ THE ADf'"ElfTURES OF IIUCJ{LEHERR1 ~ FIN~~ towarcl th crick, but couldn't sec th 111; th y ecmed to stop and fool around a while; then, a we got furthPr and further away all the ti1ne, ·we couldn't hardly h ar them at all ; by the tin1 we had left a mile of woocls b bincllL' and tru k the riv r, <'V ryt hing was qni t, and we paddl d o\·cr to the tow-hca(l and hid in th cotton-,vood::) and was . af . One of thes fellow was about .· )Y nty, or npwarcl , and had a bald head an(l very gray whisker.. I [e had an old batt redup . louch hat on, and a gr a y bln " ·o ll n ·. hirt, and ragged old blu j an britche tuffed into hiH boot top., and holncknit gall use - no, he only had one. 1 f e had an old long-tailed blue jeans coat with slick bras buttonK, Hung ov r hi ann, and both of them had big fat ratty-looking carp t-bag . The other fellow was about thirty and clre sed about as ornery. Aft, r breakfast we all laid off ancl talke<l, and th0 first thing that come out was that thcs"' chaps didn't know one anoth r. " 'Vhat got yon into troubl ? ., .-nys the baldb ad to t'othcr chap. ''"\\Tell, I'd b en selling an articl \ to take the tartar off the t eth-and it does take it off, too, and g nerly th "} ena1nel along 'vith it--but I staid about one night longer than I ought to, and wa just in the act of slidiug out when I ran acros you on the trail this ide of town, and you t ld m they were coming, and begged me to help you to get oif. ~o I told you I 'vas xpccting trouble my. elf and " ·onld scatt r out ~uith you. 'l'hafs the whole yarn-what's yourn? ., "Vtr 11, I'd b n a-runnin' a littl t :>mpcrnnce revival thar, 'bout a week, and was the pet of the won1 cn-folkf:, big and little, for I \vas mal<in' it mighty \vann for the rnmmi s, I tell you, and takin' as 1nuch a five or ix dollar:-i a night-ten ·ent a · head, childr n and niggers free-anll bn. in .... a growin' all the time; when so1ncho'v or another a littl · report got around, la t. 1~ 0~.4YJ.Yl.J.YG .A TE.~JPER.A1VCJ;; lll-..'VIr.JL. 1 •) ( . ~ ~light, that I had a "·ay of puttin' in my titn wilh a pri vat • J ng, on th ' sly. A ni C'rcr 'r rou .... t ed 1n out this 1nornin', au <.I told In"' th p opl \ wa gPth riu' n the qui t, wiLh their dog: aud hor,' , and i 1H·y cl h ' alon <r pr tty soon ancl gi \' \ n1 ) 'bout half an hour's start, ancl th n run 1ne clown, if tlH)y could; and if they got rne they' l tar :nHl £"\ather me an<l rich\ m :> on a rail, snr .... I didn'L wait for no br\akfa t-1 'rarn L hnngry.' "Old Jnan,~ :ay, th young one. ' I r \ckon Wf) 1night doubl \-t a1n it t g th r; what d yon think?., "I ain't un<li pos d. 'rhaL'.· your lin -Jnaiuly ~ · " Jour printer, by tratl ~ ; do a littl ) in patent n1 \di ·in . , t lH'a tr ~-actor-trag < ly, . ou kn w ; tak ' a turn at 1n ~szn ri::;tu and phr \nology wh \n there·., a chnnc ; teach singing geography school for a chang ; .-ling a I cture, , o1neti1ne ·- oh, I clo lot.· of thing ·-1nost anything that conu' handy, < it nin •t work. \\rhat' y ur lay ? " ' I'v don.\ consid rhl in the d ctori11g way in 1ny titnP. 1A ay1. n ' n o ' 1u tncl · 1. ~ 1ny b<· t holt-for eant<'r a1Hl para] ·si:, and ·ich thin <Y,' ; and I k 'n i r ll a fortun pr 'tty good wh t •11 I've got · 1n )body along to 1ind out th' f~tct:-; for nH·. Pr 'achiu,. Jny lin.. too; and workin' catnp-m<\ctin': · and Jnis:-'iunaryin' around." Nobody nc,·er said :.n1ything for a whil<'; tl1en the young 1nan hove a .-igh and .. ay ·- " Ala ! ' 4 ~ \Vhat ·n, you alassin' ah ut ~ '' . ay t1H\ i>aldh 'ad. ~'To think 1 . hould have li\·<·d t 1 -. }('<Hling .--nch a Jjf.\ and lw degraded down into . ueh co1npany." And h becrlln to wipe t h<\ <'Orn r of hi :>ye \vit h a rng. ' J) \rn your ,'kin, ain't th ... c 1npany go >d Cllouglt fur you?· :ay' t h \ ba1clhead, pr tty p rt and uppi.-h. '~ y· ', it i · good enough ~ r 1n ; it's as good a · I dP erv ; for who f tehed 1ne o lo,v, when I was ,'O hjgh ~ 1 did n1y elf. |
