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Show in \Yith all th ir n1ight, n.nd it j n ·t wann d you up ancl ln;ttk yon f cl a.· good a~ church letting out. ::\-Iu ic is a goocl tl1ing. and aft r all that oul-butter and hoo·wa h, I ncYer ~c · il fr hen up things o, and .·ouncl o hone::;t and bully. Then 1 he king b gin to \York hi:-; jaw again, and ay.· how hi1n and lti niece· would h' glad if a few of the 1nain principal friends of t hC' fa1nily would tak' snpp('r h re with the1n ihjs e\·cning, and b 'lp s t np \rith the :1 hes of the di ca ·c'cl · nnd .·ay, if hi. poor brother laying yond r coulcl speak, hP knmr:-: who h ' would n;un , £ r th y wa. naJn<·s that \ra very <l('nr to hi1n, and mentioned oft n in hi.· 1 Uers; nncl o h \vill ltallH' t h' muc t wit, <IS follow~, Yiz. :-l{cv. ::\Ir. 1 fob . 011, ~wd 1>eacon Lot J[ovey, <lnd 1\Ir. Ben l{nck< r, and Abner Hhackl <·forcl and L<'vi Bell, <UHl Ih. l{obiu. on, <1ncl their wive~, nnd ilw \ridow Bartley. }{c,·. lloh on nncl J)r. I~obiu on wa::; <lown to the end of ilt<· t "·n, a-bunting together; that i:.;, I 1ncan the doct r wa~ , hipping a sick llltlll to t'oth l' \YOrld, and the pr •acher Wa' pinting hint right. Lawyer B 11 W<1R away up to Loui vDl on ~Om<' hu~inc . :. But the rest \Ya on ] mnd nn<l ,· th y all o1nP and shook hand~ with the king un<l tlHtnk d hint an l talked to J1im · ;1ncl th n they shook hands " ·ith the\ duke, and didn't S<IY IJOt hing but jnsL k pt a- n1iling and bohhing tb ir heads lik<' a pa scl of .·aphead · whiLt lt) 1nad all "' rt of sign with l1is l1ancl. · and . ·aid •• U oo-goo- goo-goo-goo " all th tim \, like a haby that can·t talk. Hn the king he blat ted along and 1nanaged to inquire about pn\tty Jnnch v rybocly and clog in town, by his nam , an<l 111 ntioncd an sorts of littl things that happ ned on tiine 01" a11other in th town, or to Georg ·s fmnily, or to P ter; and l1e .alway h•t on that P ter wrot c him the things, but that was a h , h got eyery hles ·ed one of then1 out of that young flathead that we cano d up to th t atnboat. :!-1!) Th·n :\Iary Jan' ·h fL'i(·lH'tl ih(' l'tt<.)r h r fath r lc rt hcrtiud and th kinO' h \ r '<Hl it < nl lontl and cri id ov r iL I I gin· tlte dwclling-hon:c and t hrce t hon ·and dollar gold 1 (I t]H' girls; and it giv) th<' tanynnl ( whichwas doing agood hltsitH's. )~ along wjth Olll' other lt olls<'~ and lmHl (,,·orth ;1hnul ~<·,· <'11 t l1oH~nnd ),and thrc 'thon~and <l ollar~ in golcl to 1 fnn·cy;nHl \\'11liaul , and told when' the ~ix thoLL'and ca~h wus hid, dow11 ('e\li1r. ~o tl1e. ·e two frauds s;tid thcy·d go <nHl fetch it np, n11d ltn\'(' ('n'rything quar \and ;\l)o\· -IH>ilrd; <HHl told 11H' to eonl<' with n candl . \r shnt the edl:tr door b hiiHln:, and \dl<'ll th<'y foltnd the ba~· th y ~ pilt it out ou th \floor, mHl it Wil~ ;1 lov'lv :-;ight, all th 1n yallcr-huy:-;. ~Iy tl1 way ilH' king·:-. cy<'S did shin i! J[c slaps t lH~ <lnk' on th) slwuldt'r, and · ny~: '' ( )}1, liLi ain·t bu11 v, ll <>l' 11ol h 'n ! ( >h, no, I re ·kon 111 >t ~ \\'hy, Biljy, it ue~.1t~ th' None,' ltcll, doJI;{ iL? ., The dnkr allow \d it did . 'l'ltcy p;l\r ·<l th ya1l r-hoy:-., and l-lift<·cl tlt 'lll through their 1ing·c•rs ;uHl let thC'In j i1. glt• dn\\ 11 on tlw ftoor; :.nHl the king s<tys: "lt. aiu't no usc t<llkin'; lH'ill' hruth 'l'S to a ri<'lt <l{\H(llllillt, ;uHl representative. of fun·in he irs tlHtL\; got 1 'ft, is th · lin (· for you mHl me, Bilge. 'l'lti:-:11-.)'rr cou1 •s of tnl,'t'n io Proyi cl(' nee. lCs th be. t wny, in tlH' long nu1. r,·c tri t'cl ' <' Il l all, and t hrr' ain't no h ttcr \\·n y .'' .:\Jo ·t· c'v ryb c1y \ronld a hc·cn :ati ·fled \\ith tl1P pil' and took it on trust; bnt no, they Jnn:-;t <'OnnL it. ~'1 ilH'.Y coun1:..: it, :nul it ·01nes ouL four hnncln·cl and fiftrcn dollars short. ~ays the king: "])prn hi1n, I WOlHler wlw t he cloiH' \ritlt thaL four hnndrc<l and fift en dollar ? '' They \\·orrie<l over tllaL a \rhilC', and ran a ·k )cl all around f,>r it. Tb n the duke say.·: " \\r el1, h \\·a a pretty sicl· IlHlll, and likely h 1nnd<' a |