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Show 104 TilE ADrEl{TURES OF IIUCKLEBERR1~ l•'L.Y.Y. "No," ,ays the king. "l~ou shall, then, before you're three day. old r, Fa1len Grandeur," says the duke. ' The fir t good town w con1e to, ,ve'll hire a hall and do the swonl-fight in Richanl III. an<l the balcony ccne in Romeo and Juliet. How doc: that , trike you?" "I'rn in, up to the hub, for anything that will pay l~jlgc'\ Yater, but you see I don't know not bing about play-actn ', and hain't. ever se n much of it. I wa · too small \vh n pap n. rd to haYe 'etn at the palace. ])o you r ckon you can learn nH:' ? : "Easy ! " "All right. I'm ji~t a-freezn' for something frcsb, anywny. Lc:s c01nn1cnce, right awny." Ho th duke h told hin1 all about who R01nco was, an<l who J nliet 'va:, and said he wa · u: \tl to bei11g l{oinco, so the J~ing could he J uli t. ' But if Juliet' .. ~neh a young gal, duke, my pe('lecl head and 1ny 'vhite whi ker~ is goin' to lo >k onconnnon odd on h<'r, tnayb('." "No, <lon't y u worry-the c country jakes won't ever think -of that. B ides, you know, you'll be in costtnne, an<l that 1nake · all the differenc in the world; Juliet's in a balcon.v, .:enjoying the moonlight b fore he goes to bed, and she"s got on hfr night-gown and her rufficcJ night-cap. I [ r} ar the costume for the part.'." lie g0t out two or three curtain-calico uits, whieh he said -wa meedyevil armour for l{ichard III. and t"other chap, and a long white cotton night- hirt and a ruffled night-cap to match. 'The king was satisfied ; ·o the duke got out his 1) ok and rend 1: he part. OVer in th mo. t .'plenuid :prcad-eagle ''ay, l_)raEcing around and acting at the .. arne time, to ho\v how it had got to be done ; then he gi ,.e the book to the king and told hin1 to get his p~nt by heart. ] !).) Ther wa. a little on -hor e town alJout t hre 1nile down t h hend, and after dinn r th <luke , aid h} hacl ·iph reLl 011t his id a about how to run in daylight without it b in()" clanO't>rsotnc f()l' .Tim; o he allow d h would go down to t h town and fix t hn1 thing. The king allow d h would go too, ancl ·c e TliB KlXG AS JULlET. if he couhln't . trike som thing. \Y c was out of coffee, , o Jim .:aid I b tter go along with thetn in th can c and g t .. on1r. \Yhen we got there, there warn't nohocly ·tilTing; b·eets <:'rnpty, and perfectly d )ad and till, like ~ nnday. ''T found a ·ick nigger unning hin1 elf in a back yard, and b sui<l ,. )ry· 0 ~ |