Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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'f'JIR ~L])T~L'Sf'l.JtD.\' OF ll(TCJ\.LL'IJL'RRl- FLY.Y. ''I \rish I kno\n·cl, but I don't . I It aal l'4l-' b C:'cans<· [ t 1 . 1fr .o ttn . t1tL'lll: . and .I stolr it to cri,·c to von· ll I· . o 'It t"> • ' an c d l o \ \' w 1 . ' I lH It, hnt 11n afraid it ain't thrre lh) lnore l' . ·f tOle i\1' ::\1 r ]' . lll cl\\ ul ·onv - ts;-; . ar.v • illl<\ Ill jn:-;t. a.·. OtT\' a.· I C<ll b . l . 1> ~~t [ . 11 . r . . l ' >nL l done tht' · con ( dtd~ l1oncst. 1 eonH ~ ni(l'll g( t•. 1 l h Lll1CI (''UJ<rht l lad to sho\'<' it inlo Lhe 1irslll· . ' I . , h • h 'Cl!H • > cl(l OJllC lo,and l'llll - · 1' warn t :.1 o·ood l)l'l"C' ·• tllH 1 t n < - • '~ Oh, stop hbmincr YOtll'Bclf- iL' . i )Q b' l t l . n11owjt -- \'Oll<'Ottldn·;il<'ll .l .l :-i <. ,l( O<oit,an<lfwon't • > Il. lL wa ·n LYon f.·nllt \\'1 yon hid <' it;·· · · ( · tt'n' did 1 didn't \\alll tn sd l;rr io .Jl. I. 1 1111 \:IlJ<r abnnt her t. Ll :.tg<tin. and l conl<lu't s<'<'lll io .~ lonu l'S get. lny lllout h to tell her \rltat· -·- woulLl Jnakc h er ~('<' I lJ· t . ln f ' (l C0l'l1SC let v1 i11o· lll t} ffi' M lC ('() 11 \Viih l)t,'tt ( g o lllOJH'.Y on lJ is , i mnach So , . . l notllincr-ilt} I · 101 a lllJJJute l didn't "lY h ( n . ·;t \·s : · ( · ' I'<l rnt her not. tdl )'011 whcr<' I . . ynu <l n 't Inincl 1 ·1 t. . put J t' ::\Il ·s ::\Iary .LnlC if t 1ng 1nr off· b t I'Jl · . )>ieee of })U}) r 'l1lcl ' n wntc 1t for yon on a ' ( ron can rc·1 I ·t 1 · I.Jothrop · ', if you \\''tn L t D ( c 1 <t ong the road t.o :\Ir. " 01 .. , ( o. o you rcc kon that'll do? ., l, y~ .. Ho I wrot ': " I put it- in the coffi It . you \vas crvjncr the. . n. was 111 th re when d . b 1~, away 111 th<' nicrl t l . oor, and I was 1nightv . orr ~ . ? 1 • was bchn1(l tbc It l . . y or ) on, Jhss )lary .Ja nc " mace n1v <'\' . \r·1t , ~ 1. · · J ~ l ~r a lt tlc, io rcincJn be r h r crying there all by h r:elf in the night, ancl Lhrn1 c1 vil.' laying th rc right 1U1<1er h r own ro f, .·han1ing h r and robhing h r ; ancl wh :\n I fold cl iL up and giv it to h er, I ~ th wat r com<' inlo h r eye ·, too ; and she shook 1ne by th hand hard, and ay. : "Gooa-by - r1n g ing to do cv rything just a you've told me ; antl if I don'L v 'r e y n again I ,'1w 'n'L v r f rg t y u, and l'll think of yon a many and a many a tint , and I'll pray for yon, too ! ''-and . ·h was gon Pnty for me! I r"' kon d if . he kno\H d mt' h \1 tak a job that was mon' n ar r h r iz . 13ut I b t she don it, j tL' t the s::une- h \vas jusL that kind. ~ he had th grit to pray for Jnclu. if she took th n tion-th rc warn't no ba ·k lown to her, I judge. l ... ou n1ay .ay what you want to, but in 1ny opinion ~he had mor sand in h r than any girl J vcr see; jn n1y opinion she ·was ju t full of ancl. It " und. like fiatt ry, hut it ain,t no fiatt ry. And wh n it c01n 'S to beauty-and goodne. too-she lay, y r th 1n all. I hain t ever n h er since that ti1ne that I s h r go out of that. door; no, I hain't ever e n h r sin e, but I r ·kon rv th nght of h 'r a many and a many a mil1ion ti1nes, and of h er nying he would pray for me; and if ever I'd a thought it would clo any good for me to pray for her, b]am d if I w uldn't a done it or bu t. Vtr 11, J\1.ary Jan' . he lit out the bac;k way, I reckon; bccaus} nobody :ee her go. \Vhen I struck u ·an and the hare-Up, I say : "What's th name of th lll p ople OV r n rather side of the river that you all goes to e som times?., They ay : " Th res several ; but it' .. the Proctor~, 1nainl y ." "That's the name," I says ; " I most forgot it. Well, l\Ii s lVfary Jane she told me to tell you she's gone over there 111 u dreadful hurry-one of them s sick." " Which one? "