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Show nncle .. at all-tlwy'r0 <1 couple of ft·;tnd~- rq~·nlctr <l<•ad-l)c;tt~. Then\ llO\r \rP'rc O\'C'l' tlte \ror:t of it -yon <.'<lll ~ta:1d the re:-.t Ini<l<lling <·a.-y:· It joltcu her up like e \·<·ryillincr of <·our--e · btlt I ,, .1 0 h' ' ' I ~ 0\'t'l' the ·boal \\'Cllr'r 110\\, :-;o l \rent rio·hl :llouo· ber ('V<'. 'L l)l· · ,-, ,....,, ' ' I d%Ll)!J' l1ig·her an<l h igl1cr all tlH· t i llll' aucl told brr c\·rry .hla1n<' t hinc~ fr01n ''here \\"' fir:-;( ~~ rnck t lwL yonn<r fool O'Oincr llj> i >I},..,, • ,-, h ,-, l ( l )(1 "'t.em~lbonL clt•ar tltron .~·h to \rllC'l'<' ~l1r Hung h0rself 011 to thP king:--~ brea~·d at t h(' front door, mHl l1C' ki:-;~ed lHT . ixt <'en or ;-;.eYcnte('1l t inH'"'- :tnd t lwn up .· lw jtunp:..:, "ith her fit<'e ;dire i tkf' .·nn:·wt and :-;:t\·:-;: '"_'J lu• hrnt<' ~ CoJJtc• -tlnlt·t W<t~l <' a lllinnte--n()t a sr'cu 11 1f --\\"C' 11 lut\'(' 11ll'Jn 1 :trn·d ;tnd f('; ti llc•rcd, and flt1uo· in tl 1e ri\·<·t·' .. l_i b . f~~n's r : 4 CerL'11ly. But <lo y(l\.l lllc'ml, /J eloJ·e \'( u c-ro 1) "I · I 1 . • J 0 t( . \ I . Ad lrop'.-..:, or ·• • 011 ·· . ~J}(' ~ay;-;, , · \\ 1l il t <llll r li1l t• u,z,· i n,r; ;thont ~ ·· :-;Jt<• sn\·~, ~t nd. s('{ r1gl1t c~owu ng;ti~l. '· l>rn1't 1niud \\·hat 1 ~:tid-p1<·:~:-w (ln_n t-_- yon 'tcuu t, no\\·, u·,(( you?·· Lnying 1~t•r flilky lHnHI on llllll<' lll ilmt kind of :1 W<1.V th:tL I .-aid I would die~fir:-;L 1 ll<'\·cr thongl1t, I was so :-;tirn·d ltp,'' slH\ sny.· . ''no\\ o-o - l I ·~ 1 . ' 011 b ' • 111 < ·woll L < 0 f-;0 any llwn·. You tell lllC 'lrlwi to do :u1d \vhatevcr yon ~ny, I'll <1 o it.'' ' ,. 'r (' ll .. I :-;n)'s .. j t. . ·t . ·1 l . . · :-; • tong 1 gmtg, t 1C'Jn two frnnd.-..: nnd l1n fixed so I 1rot to tr·tvd \\'·4-1 4} 1 ·1 1 n < tt l l 1<'111 a w 11 t' ono-er 'lrh •tl1er l Wall~ to or not - _I drnt l1CT not t<·ll yon why- nncl 0 jf ; ,on \Y<ls to blo'' 01: t h 'In tIn town \ronld get nte out of their claw:-:, nnd I'd ~ allngl'.t, bat. tllc.rc'cl be nnothPr per.-on that yon don't know • tbout wl 10 l b \ 111 b11r t roubl<· \\r elJ w o-ot t 1 • 1 · •t ? Of' h • ' "b 0 I (l\"C llliJ1, l()Jl) we\. . . coun.;c. \Y<.,J] t.b ' 11 we \VOtl't bl tl ., ~ ' , ow on 1 rn1. ~nyJng thcnt word~ put a good idea in 1ny head. I . ec how Hwy he I conld fret 1n c . l J · · l f . . n dnc • 11n n< o t lte frauds; g t t1w1n aall d here nnd then 1(''l\'(' J> t I 1. l • ' ' • • >tt < H n t want to run the r~1fl in <la ·-t inl(\ \vilhunL ::lll)'hody nho~1n l to (\11:-W c'r qnc•:tions lHtL Jnt·; _'.0 1 didn't want the plan to ht•gin worki11g til1 pn'itv 1atl' to-night. I .-ny:-; : • ~Liss .Jlary Jan e, l'll t<·ll von \rh ;li Wl''ll do- :ntd yon \\on'( h~l\'(\ to slay at .:\Ir. Lothrop\; .'O long· 11nllter. How furL· it·:·· ,, A little short of four luil <·s - right nuL in t hc• coun try, back l1crr. ·· ••\\\·11, that'll <111:-i\Yt't·. Xo\\. yon go :1long out there, and lay low 1 ill 11ine or hal f-pa.t, to-11 igl1t, and Lh<·n gpt t hPill tu f e( t 1l }' 0 ll lJ 0 ll H \ il g ll ill --- ll' ll t h (' l H y 0 ll. \' <' t } lO tl g h t 0 f' .' o Ill d hill g . Tfyon crl'L her~ b .fore elc·ven pnt a <'iln clle in thi:-; \rindow, and " t"l jf I don'L turn up, \rait till <'l<'Vl'lt, and t!teu if l don't t nrn up it 1ncnn, l'lll gon<', il1Hl ollL of t lH· \rny, <llJd saf<·. Then yon c01ne out an<1 :-;prc;'L',l t Itt' DC\\·:-, ilround, untl g<'L th e ~) b ·ab'jailcd.'' " ( i ood;' she .·ny:-;, "1'11 do it.'' 4 ' Aucl if it, jn~L lwpp<'llS :-;o tb;d I don'( g<·L (1\\"<ly, lHit g 't took up a long with t hc111, yon Jll n:-;( 11p il n d :-iii.\ - 1 told yon tl l<" ,vhol thing hefor han<l, <nHl yon n1u~t ·tmHl b.Y llll~ al~ yon can:· '' f tan<l by yon, in<h'c<l I \rill. 'I'hC'.V shan·t tou('h a hair of your hcacl! '' she .·ays, and I ,·cc her no ·trib :-;preatl and her c\·e .. · ·nap 'lrh n she :aiel it, too. "'If I get a'lray, I shaH·t be' lt r rr,'' I snys, "" 1 o pr vc tlH :-;e· rap call io11. · ain't your un clr. , <HH 1 I ·on1dn't < lo it if l u·u h n.•. I conl<l .-w<\ar they \ras beats and bunuiH'r:', t haL'~ all; though that'.· worth so1nething. \\,. '11, th -.re·s other~ cnn <lo that better than what I can-and t.hey'r people that ain't going to b doubted as qui ·k as 1\l be. I 'll tell yon how t find thern . Uimme a pencil and a pi( cc of paper. Th re- ' Royal..~..\. ..o ne 1wh, Bricl~s'ville. ' Put it awn.v, and don't lo. e it. \\'h n the court want· to find out something about th e twn, let them send up to Brick;:,ville and say they\' got the 1nen ibat played the Uoyal Xone'uch, and ask for so1ne witnc ·.e..; - \rhy, you'll have |