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Show TilL' .. lDVE. ..V TURES OF IIUCI{LEBERRY ~F'I-4Y. ..V . . Tt wn~ nuts for the <:rowd, though 1nnyb not for the ki11 g·:-; fnend~ ; ~·o we all ·tart d. It wa.o about undo\\-n. The d ·lor he led 111 "\ along by the hancl, <lnd wn plenty kind ln ugh, hnt he neYt'r let go 1ny hand. 'r<' :111 got in a big roo1n in the hot '1, and lit up ~01110 \ - ,, Tll E DOCTOR LI~.\D::; 11 l r<..: K. 1{\ l ~ > 1 t ,.'' -- / I ,( I --~.,.. )\ i. \ \ ~1' -o II "I •1: ~.:{\ ,, I . "( \ ~ \'' ' ......... ' '( ' , . I I · ') - ;': \ ~ . } .' ·-:- '', \\.\ . • '1. )>, "'- ~ ,, \. • I ) . , · ·/n ' ... <_ 11 ').Jf/ r - . s \ \ ,I • .. -- . eandl , and f ltehed in the n w couple. S<l y. : Fir. t, the doctor '~I don't ''7i ·h to he too hard on the.·e two m 11 , but I think th Y re fra~d ·, ancl the,y 1nay have 'con1pliccs that we clon't know notlung about. If they have ,,-on't th · r· t < , v e com p 1c s g 200 :nvay with that hng of gol<1 P<'LC'r 'Vilk.·] pft ( lt ain't un1ik 1y. Jf the 1ncn ain't frands, th v won't object io S('tl<liug fnr thal 1non<'y aucll<'tting us kcvp it till th 'Y pro\'(' Llwy·n, all ri<rhtain •t that s ? ., Evrrybody agn d to that. Bo I ju(1g '<1 thC'y luH1 our gang in a pretty tight pla c, right at th ntstart. But th king he only looked . orrowful, ancl snys: "Ucntlcinen, I wish the 1noncy was i11<' re, for I ain•t aot no eli. po. iti 11 to thro\v anything in the wny of a fair, op n, out-an<l-out inv stiaation o'. this 111i abl .. bu~ill< ' ~ · ; buL ala.· ! the 1noncy ain't th -"rr; y u k'n n<1 a11<l . c if yon want i o:· "'rhere i it, th n ? · " \Y 11, when 1ny ni 'C g ive it to n1e t. krc'p for her, I tool-... ancl hitl it in~ide o' ihe .·tnnvtic:ko'1nyb (1,not wi·hin· to ban!· it for the few clays \vc'cl hr herr, and consitlcrin' th l)('<l a H(lfc place, we not 1)cin' use<l to nigger., a1Hl .:uppos'n' · 'ln hone.t, like servant.· in }~ng1and. The nio-g<'l'.' . tole it th Y<'ry 1H'xt 1nornin' aft r I hlu1 went <1ownstairti; nn<l \rh ·n I .·ol<1 \111 I hadn't 1ni:;,· 'd the lll011<'Y yi!, so th y got clean awa T with it. :.\fy crvant h r k'n tell yon 'bout it, gcnUt'llH'n:· Th' doct r and SCY<'ral sai<1 ' f hnck ·! ., an<l I sec nohody <li<ln't <lltogeLhcr beli 'Ve hitn. Ont\ 111an a.-ked nH' if I sec th · niggcrs steal it. I said ''Ito;· hnt I ec 1 h<'Jn snvaking out of the roo1n a1Hl hn Uing <t\vay, an<1 I 11 ver thought 11othino·, only I r .. kon d i h y \n1: afrai<l i IH'Y hac1 wak('(1 np 1ny Jna.t r a1Hl wns irvi11 cr to (f t away before h Jn::ul' tronh]e with ibt'll1. That b \vas all they a ·keel 1ne. The11 the (1o 'tor wlt irls on 1ne an<l Hny ~ ~ : "Are ·7Jon l~nglish too?·· I say. '" y , ; · anll hin1 tuul :·mnc ot h 'l'. · la ug lt cd, an<l · aid, ''".-,'t . n ffl. '' ''Tell, then th y saile(l in on th g n0ral invr:·d igatjon, and th re w had it, up ancl (lown, h ur in, h our out, alHl nobody |