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Show 206 TilE AIJrENTURES OF IIUCiiLE'BERRl- ~PI~Y.J.Y. the world. Oh, h done it a(hnirable. Lot of the principal pe ple g th r d around the king, to let hin1 ee they wa.-- on hi,"' ,'ide. That oltl gentleman that had ju t come lookPd all puzzl d to d atlL I>retty ~oon h b rrun to peak, and 1 , ec, traight off, hr pronounced like an En <rli lunan, not the king's way, though the king's 'WCl pr tty goocl, for an imitation. I can't giv the old gene -. 'rorcl., nor I can't i1nitate hi1n; but. he turn d around to the crowd, and says, about like t hi , : "Thi · i a surpris io n1c which I ''"a ·n't lo king for; and I'll acknowl <1 cr , candid and frank, I ain't very well fixed to JncPt it and an w )r it ; for n1y brother and 1nc ha had Jni~forilnlec, he's broke hi ann, and our bnggngc rrot put off at a town al1nve h<'re, la t night in t.h night by a 1ni. tak . I am P i er \\"j] ks' , broth r IfalT y, ancl th i~ is his brother ~7illi~un, 'vhiclt <:;n1't h ar nor pcak- an<l can't ven 1nakc igns io amount to nluch, now 't he'' only rroL on hand to work them ·with. \\T e are who w say we arc ; and in a da v or tw , when I rret the bn (rrrn o·p I , b ' bo• b , can prove it. B11t, up till 1 h 'n, I \ron't .:ny nothing mor ', lmL go to ihr hot 1 n lHl wait:· o him and the lll'\V dnn11ny ·tnrt 'd off; ancl th ki11 <r lw h laughs, and bl lh<'r~ out : "Broke hi · ann- ve1·y lik )ly ain'l it ?- an<l very con\TC'llt<'llt, too, for a fraud that' rrot. to make ,·ign.·, and hain't l~arnt how. J.Jo t their baggng ! That' 1nighty good !-and 1night v in-genion - und ::.r th citcnmstance ! " "' o he laughed again; and o did ev rybody eL e, ~xc pt t hr<'<' or four, or maybe half a dozen. One of th e \Va · that doct or ; another one wns a sharp-looking gentleman, with a carp 't-bao· of the old-fashioned kind made out of carpet-stuff, thai had j u~ co1ne off of the. teamb at and wa. talking to him in a low \'Oic(', and glancing towards the king now and th n and nod din rr th i r heads-it \va I.Jcvi Bell, the lawyer that ,va gone up to I.Joui~ville; and another one was a big rough hn ky that come a long COlt'TESTED RELATIOJ:\"SIIIP. and listen d to all th old g ntl man . aid, and wa ' list ning to 1 h king now. And \Vht·n th king g t. done, thi.· hn:ky up :~n< l .nys : ~. Say, looky here ; if yon nrc Ilarv y vYi1 k~, wh n \1 you c 1ne to thi town ? ,, "The day b fore t h funeral, fri 'ncl;' ay. t lt' king. "But what tin1c o' day? ' "In the ev nin'-'bout an hour r two hefon' . nndown.'' "Ho~u'cl you co1n ? ,, "I c 1ne dova1 on th Su an Po?.cPU, fr01n ( 1ineinnat i.'' "\\,. '11, then, how'<l you co1ne to be up at the.' Pint in lh<' . ' . ') ., 11~0J'HU~ -1n a canoe . " [ \varn't up at the' Pint in th 1norniu'.'' " It's a. li .. , Scv ra1 of then1 jtnnp cl for hin1 an<l begged hitn noL to talk that way to an old 1nan and apr ach 'r. "Pr acher be hangc 1, h '~a fraud a1Hl a li;tr. II<' ,,·a: up al tlH' I)int that n1onlin'. I live up t1H're, don't I? \Yell, I ,r:v up ther , and h wa. up ther . I "N) hi1n tlH're. 1[' conl in a canoe, along ·wi l h Ti1n Collin an<l a boy .. , Th doctor he up an l :ays : "\Vould you know the boy again if yon \Va.· to s h iin, l IinC's ? " " ] r ckon I \vould, but I don't know. \Yhy, yond r he i~ now. 1 kno\v hitn p rf ctly ea y." It was me he point cl at. The doctor .-ay: : "Neighbour , I don t know whether th new couple i · fran~l~ or not; but if these t\vo ain't frauds, I a1n an idiot, t hat· ' all. I think it's our duty to that they don't g ~t away fr01n here till we've looked into this thing. Co1n along Hines ; c m along, the rest of you. "\\-.., e'll take the. e f ll w. to t he tav rn and affront them with t'oth r coupl , and I r ckon w 'll find out . o1nething befor WC' g t through.' |
