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Show ') i ·) -':I'"" cro over therr and. git hi1n. And tPll hi1n to git hims<·lf up ~ ., rPgardl .. . ShoV(' along, now. . . I seP whai lte wa., up to; but I H<'Y 'l' sa1d notlnng, of conr:p. \\'1u n I got bad{ with th dukP,. we hid t~e canoe ~~lHl t~1en t h<'Y ~d clo\VH on a leg, and t h kn1g i ol<l hun ev ryi h:ng, Jn t like thC' vonng fc•llow had said it- V<\ry la. t word of It. And all t hP t i.n1r hr was a doing it, h<' trird i o talk lik an hilg1i:-;h- 1nan. and hP done it pr i ty \Y<'ll i oo, for a slouch. I can 'i inlitate hi1u, and so I ain't a going to try to ; but he really don it pretty go d. Then h ' ay"' : ,.·llow an' yon on the de<'f and <ltunb, Bilg watrr? '' TIH· dnk v ·aid, ] ax' hin1 alon<> for that; said lH' had played a <lP ~f and <hunb per~o11 ou i he llisb·ionic boanh:. :--;o t lt<:n tiH'V \vait(•cl for a .·temnboat. Abou.L i he Juicldle of ibe aften1oon a couple of lit t lc' boat.· 01n, aloncnr but i he.v didn't co1ue fro1n high enough 11p UtP ri\'('1'; hut ni last ther wa · a big one, and th y hail(_·d her. :--;he S<'nt ont hPr ya,d, and \re WC'nt aboard, and sl1r w:v from Cincinnati; and when they founcl W<' only \\·anted to go four or fiv<' 1nilt•, thry wa booming n1a<1, a11<l giv ll.' a cul-l ing, an(l :-;aid t hc.v wouldn't ]and u .'. But thf' king was cabn. liP say~: "If g<·nt IPJnrn kin affonl to pay a dollar a mile api<·cc, to he i ook on and put off in a vawl, a . ·trcnnboat kin afford to <'any 'r 1n r<nt't it ? " 1'-)o tlH'Y softened down and.. aiel it was all r ight; and \rhPn w got to t h village, they yawl Pel u · ash on . About t\vo cloz<'ll Jncn flock< <1 down, when they scr the· yawl a corning; and \rhrn tllr king say.- 'Kin any of yon g<'ntle1ncn i 11 n1e wlH r' ::\1r. PPtl'l' \\Tilk~ liY •.· ( ., i hey giY a glancr ai Oll(' anotlH'r, and noddP<l tlwir h<'ad ·, ct.' urnch a.~ to .·ay, ' \Yhat d' I tell yon? ., Thc'll on of thmn says, kind of soft and geutlP: 1·~4. .. lf1L1T GRJE'F. "1'111 sorry, sir, bnt tlH\ bPst W<' can d.o is t< 1<11 you when· II<> dicl livn ye"'trrd<lJ cv 'ning.' ~ndclen a .' win kiug, t lH' orn<'r,v old crPtnr W('Ut all to Hla:--;]1 ~ aud fell up again~t the JHall, a11d pnt hi, chin on his .·hould<·r. an<l cri<'(l down hi.· hack, and say.· : I I - ' ' I \ ... \ L.\;-; ! Ol'H. 1'0«)1~ BI:OT II t-: 1:.·• ' Ala::;, nla~! ur poor broth<'r-gonr, and w ncv r got to .ec hi1u; oh, it' too, too hnrcl!' Th '11 hP turns around, bluhb<\ring and lllal<<'s a. lot of idiot it· sig11:-; to tlH\ c1nk on his hnncls, and bla1necl if hP dicln 't drop it carpct-bng and bust oui a-crying. If tiH'V \rarn't the b atc•n£'st lot thrn1 t\vo fraud , , that cv r I :trnck. \\\•]], the lllCH o·cthered around, illlcl sy1npathi CU wit lt i h :•m, |