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Show .... 1 f:-; a pretty ]ong journey. Bnt j L'll be loY 1y; I wi~ltt I \Yi\S ngoing. Is :\Iary Jane the <'ldest r l[ow old i ' ibv ut her.· r .. ... )lary Jan ) · · ninet ~en, ~nsan · :fi ft <' 11 and .T oanna 's abon1 fonrt 'n-· that'· th on that giv s her:elf to good work. and lw:-; a ban'-lip.'' ... Poor things! to h<' left alon in i h<' cold world so.'' I \ - -. ........ ,' ' _.. , .. - - • • I I ~ • I /' .' ; . . - Jll ~ 1'.\LLU.Y 1~ .\IPTl.L;J) TIIAT XOl":\(; FELLO\Y. • \\\,11, i.lH:y could be worse off. Ohl Peter had fri nd:', :ntll tlH'Y ain't goi11g to let the1n con1e to no harm. 'l'h 're·r~ I ( obson, i he Bahti..' preacher; aurl DPacon I .Jot liovry, an(l Ben }{ncker, and Abner Rhackleford, and Levi R ll, th lawyer; au<l J)r. Hobinson, and their wiv .·, and the widow Bartley, and- w 11 there'.· a lot of the1n; but_ the.·' are the ones that P<·t r wa.' thick t with, and u:-~ed to write about sometime·, :! t I wlwn h \\TOte honH' ; :-;o l farn'y '11 know wh('re t look for fri<•JlC1 wh n hr g 'f · lH 'n'." \V<'l1, the old man lH' \\"<'IIi n asking qtH :t ions till he jn:-;t fairly rnpti d that young f<'llow. Blmnccl if hP didn't inqnir<· :1bont ev rybody and '\'e1·ytl1ing in that hl<' · cl tow11, an<l all nhont all thr 'Vilk ·c~; and abont P }i er's bn.-inrs. - which wn:-; a tann<'r; and about G< 01-g<.'·.'-which wa: a carp<'nh'r; and about l farvc.y 's-\vhich Wcl:-1 a di~s<'lli erinbo· 1ninisi er '· and .·o on , mHl . o on. ~l'hen he :-:a \ 'S : ''Yhat did yon \ntn t to walk all the wny up to the st e:un - f, 0) " hont or t "Bccau.'e she,'.· a hig ( hl<'aus boat, and I wa:-~ af('anl shP mightn't stop there. '\'"h n thpy'n, d Pp the. WOll.i ~top for a l:ail. A incinnati boat will, bnt this is a St. Louis one.' "'\ra. Peter "\\rilks \Y<'ll off? ., " Oh, y , pretty \YPJl off. 1 f<' had hou cs and ]and and it's r ckon d h left t hrC' or fonr t honsanll in ca:-;h hid np SOlll' l' '." "V{h n did yon ay h<' cli<'cl? ., "I didn't . ay, but it was ]a:-;t night.'' "Funeral tO-lllOl'J'O\\'' 1 i kely r ' " ) ,..<'f.;, 'bout the tnidclle of the clay .. , ""\\.,.ell, it'. aU t rribl<' sacl; bnt \re\-<' nll got iu go, one tim or anoth r. Ro what we want t.o do is to be pn~pared; tlwn we\·c all right.'' "l.,.. 0., sir, it's the bc.-t \\·ay. )fa nsecl to alway· say that.'' vYh n we . truck th0 boat, she was about done loading, and pn~tty soon she got off. 'Th<' king n Y()r said nothing about going aboard, so I lost n1y ride, after all. ''rhen i h boat wa. gon , the king made me }JaddlP up another 1nile to a Jon ·om0 l'lac , th n h got ashore, nnd ays: "Now hu tle back, right ff, and fetch the duke np herEl, and the n \V carpet-bag~. And if be', gone over to t'otl1er idEl, R |