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Show J () TilE ADT7~. .Y. TURES OF IIUCI{LL'BJ:;J~llY li'Jlllv. \Yell, that \Va · all asy, . o \Ve done it. All tln·ongh <linuer .J i tn tood around and "~ait l on him, and says, " \rill yo t.~rac has s tnc o' <li., or. orne o' dat r · ancl .·o on, £Uld a body · ulJ see it was mighty pleasing to hi n1. But th old 1nan got pr tty silent, by-an<l-by-ditln't have n1uchr to sny, and ditln't look pr tty c01nfortable over all that petting that wns aoing on around that duke. 1 fe c\cmcd to have s01nething on his 1nincl. Ho, along in the afternoon, he ~,<.lJ ~ : " Looky hrr , Bilgrwater," he ny~, " l'm nat ion sorry for you, but you a in 'L th only per. on thaf ·had troubles likC' that." " 'T ') • ..1..' 0 . "No, you ain't. l_~o uain'tthc only p ron that's ben ~naked down wrongful 1 y out:n a high place. ~' ''Alas ! '' "No, yon ain't, th only per ·on that'. h:.hl a . rerct of his hirth:' An(l by jing., he begins to cry. "liol<l! \\'hat. do you 1ncan? ~' "Bilge·wat er, kin I trust you?" :ay: the ol<l tna11, still sort of sobbing. " To the bitt r death! " J f took the old mnn by the hand and :qu zed it, and say~, "The .·ecret of your b ing: speak !· " Bil gcwa.t er, L a1n 1 he la.t Dauphin ! " )_.. . ou h t yoll Jim and m . tar d, t hi: i in1e. Th n the duke ·ay : '' 1~ on ar ' w bat ? ., "Y . 1ny friend, it is too true- your eyt's is lookin' at this Yery 1nmnent on the pore di~app ear d ])auphin, J. .. ooy the Hevente n, son of J~ooy the ~ ixt en ancl )larry Antonett e." " l~ ou ! At your age ! No ! )_ ... ou 1n an y n'r \ the late ( 'harle1nagnc ; you 1nu. t be IX r even hundr d y<'ars old, at the yery least." " Trouble ha. done it, Bilgewat r, trouble has d ne it; TIIJ;; TROUBLES 01,' llOrALTr. 1 ~ 7 t r uble has brnng th s gray hair"' nnJ thi: prc1nature baltlit udc • ·y<.\ , gent] men, you, c b fore you, in blu j ans ancl1ni: ·ry, ih wand rin', exil d, trampled- n, an l .·uff--·rin' righlful l\ing of }\·anc . '' \Vell, h cried and took en o, that 1n and lJ in1 didn't know hartlly what to do, we wa ·o 'orry-and ~o ala<l nnd proud wc\1 , .. .... "1 .AM TilE LATE JH.lJI'IIIX.'' got hint with u , too. ~ o we set in, lik , w \ do1H\ before wiUL th duk , and tried to c mfort It i nt. But h .·ai<l it 'varn't no us , nai bing but to be d ad and don\ with it all could do hin1 any crood; though he aid it often 1nad hi111 .C )el a 'ier and beU cr for a while if p pl treated hitn ac ·onling to his right~, |