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Show mHl land 'tl at the other villnge thi morning, and now l1c~ wa~ going up a few 1nile to :e an ld friend on a fann up t ltc•re. Th y nng f<~llow ,'ay.· : ' 'Yhen I fir~t ce you, [ 'ny to n1y,·elf, 'Ir · ..\ Ir. \\"ilk:-: !"'lll'P an<l h co1nr Inighty ncar g >lting h r in tinH·.' Hut then I .·ay~ :\gain, 'Xo, I reckon it ain't} hin1, o1· el:--t' lH· \ronhln't he p:uhlling up the ri\·cr.· You ain't ])illl, :u·c' y()n? ., "Xo, 1n.v n:un<'·.- Blo<lg tt-Elexnnclcr Blodg ·tt-Necei'c,ul Elexan<ler Hlo<lg<'it, I ''pose I lnu.t .:1.' a,' rnl Ol1C o' thl' Lorcl'. pour . Pl'\'aui.. But still l'1n ji t a abl 1 o 1)(' ~orry fol' l\Ir. \rilk:-; for not arriving in tin1e all i.he .·:llllC', if ],c·:-: 1ni ·sed anything hy iL-\vhich I hop<' he lw. n't.' " \\,.('11, lH' clo11't 1ni~ · any property hy it, bccan e 1H·.II get that all right; bnt h<''~ Jui. sed ·ec'ing his broi hPr P<'i er di<'which he Jnayn'i n1incl nol)ocly can tell a i.o i.hat - hnt !tis 1n·other would a gi\·e m1ything in this world t S<'C lu'11& IH1 for. he di 'll; ncv r tal keel n bont n thing else all the.: · t hrcc W<·cks. hadn't :·c n him ~inc' they '"as hoy. too-pthcr an<llwcln't ('\"<'r' :-;een hi~ brnt h r 'Villia 111 at all-1 haL'.· the cl c f aud d tun h on t~ __ '\'"ill ianl ain't 1nore than thirty or thirty-five. Peter and (ieorge was th only 011('." that c·on1c ont here; U<·nrgc was tht• marrir<l brother; hi1n nnd l1is 'vifc hoth <li<'d la!-'t v<·ar. l [nrvc.v <lll(l \\rillia1n·~ 1hc onl.v one.· th;d's left n ow·' nud as I wa :aying, t hC'y have11 't got h"r<' in t inH·.'' " ])icl anybody . cn(l '('Ill w()rd? " ' Oh, y<': ; a lHOnt h r two <lgo, w1l<'11 P .. ter was li r:-;{ took ; Jwc:uuw Peter aid then that hC' sortt'r felt like bt· Wilrn't ()' () ll) ()' h ...... 1o rret Wl'll this ti1ne. ) "ou ,'C'<' lH' \\·as 1)l'eUv old <tnd (; c'orcr<·· · b . b .~.(yirb w:.v too young to bt• n1nclt c01npany for hir11, c'xc 'pi J\lary Jane the rc'cl-h 'adc:cl one; <1IH1 .·o he was kinder lon vsmnv nftc·r Ocorge and his wife eli ·d, ;uHl didn't . cen1 to cat·P llltlch 1o liv<'. Hr nw.'i. de p ratcly wnnt ·<l to sr><' Ifarvcy-and \rillianl too, for tlwt Ulcdtcr-bccan e: hl' wa.- <J11 of thc1n kind tbat can't hcnr in Inak<· a \\'ill. I r ( lt.ft a l<'U er h hin<l for ] [an·<'.\\ all<! ~ajd hc··<l told in i1 wl1<'1'(' hi::; lllOll<',V wn.· hi<l, and ho\\ hP \YnnLt·d the ret of ihc prop<'rly cli\·id ~clup .·o (i corgc' · g'yirls \\ Ottld bt· all rig1d --for Ut'org<' <lidn'L ]('a\'l' noi hing. 1\1Hl t l1aL lc·Ucr wrt.· all ilu'y eonld g<'t hin1 to pnt :1 pen io.'' \\"'h y llo yon r c kon llan'<'Y dou·t C01llC ? 'Yl1<'r' dot'." lH· ]i,c'!'' ' Olt, lH.' li\~c s in Eng·lnn<l- f-'llCffit']d-pn'a che:-- I l~t·re - ha:-:n'l c·v r b )Pn in this country . J f<' lu1sn't hacl any I oo 11111<.:h iiutc-ancl b' ide·. he 1nighin'l H goi the l<'lt<·r ;l( all you ]( l10'L " "Too bad, too bad he cottldn't a li\'Ccl to ~ C <' hi~ l>rulhcr~ poor oul. ) To ll going to Orlean.~, yon ~ay? ., ~' ·y<'.', but thai ain't only <l part of it. I'n1 g·oing in :1 :--hip~ nc·xt \\'" ednc .. clay, for Hyo .Jant'ero, "here 1ny uncle li \<'!-':· |