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Show 30G grave, thPy f nnd they ha(l about a hnndrr<l i i1nee as 1nany :ltov 1 a th y wanted hut nobody hadn·t ilLOnght io f('trh a, lantern. 13ut they ail d into digging, anyway, hy the flicker of the lightning, anti .. ent a Inan to tht' n ·nr . t hou:c· a half a mile off, to borrow one. No th y dug and clng, lik' e\" ryt bing; and it got awful <lark, and the rain . Ln·tcd, ancl the "'\vin<l . wish d and SWllsbc(l along, an<l the lightning come bri ·k 'r and bri k r, and lhe ilnuHl r bootn <1; but thc1n people never to k no notic<' of it, t hry was o full of thi. bn:ine .. '; and one n1inut yon could s<'<' everything au<.l every face in that. hig crowd, an<l t h :hovelfuls of dirt :ailin()' up out of thr grave, and the next ~ concl the dark wiped it all out, and you couldn •t sec nothing at all. At last they got) out the coffin, ancl br()'un to nnsen·w i l1e lid, and tlH'n .·uch unothrr crowding, ancl ·houlcl ring, and l-'hoving as th rc wa~, to scroug ' in and g 'L a sight, you uev · :-::<' ; and. in tlH\ dark, that \ray, it \Ya · a\vfnl. J[in<'S he hurt n1y \\TilSt clrcadful, pulling and tugging so, ancl I reckon be <'lP~n forgot I wa in the world, he was so xcited and panti11g. All of a 'udden the lightning let go a perfect, ·luice of whit , glnre, and 0111 body sings out : ' By the living jingo, here's the bag of golcl on hi. brea ·t! ·· 1 lines let out a whoop, lik everybody ebe, and droppe<ln1y wri t ancl giYr a big . urge to bust hi: wny in and get a look, and th \Yay I lit out and shinned for th road in the~ dark, there ain •t nobody an t<.\11. r. had th r ad all to Inyself, and I fairly :flew- 1 a.·t ways I luHl Jt all to 1nys If except th solid dark, ancl tl1 \ now-ancl-then glare', and the buzzing of the rain, and th \ thrashina of the \riDcl, and the ~ plitti11g of the thunder ; and ure a.· b you arc born I did clip it along ! \\Then I struck the town, I see there warn·t nobody out in I • I JIUCJ{ ESC.AP~EJ ·. 307 the .'i onn, . ·o l lH \Tl' lnnd ecl for no back ~tr ''L', buL lnunp ·d it si rnight through th' n1ain on ; ancl wh n l begun to gl\t t c)\ranh; onr hou. l aitnt\cl1ny eye and . et it. No li crht th 'l'P ; the hon.·e all dark- which 1nad \ In f(\< l ~orrv an(l cli.·appointed, 1 dicln•t know why. But at last, ju t a.· I wn:-; .·ajling hy flu h con1es th liglti i11 .Jiary Jan '8 window! an(l 1ny h art . w llr<l Hp snd<lt'n, ]ike to hu~L; and th sarnc · cmHl the hon · <HHl nll "<.L' behind 1ne in i h clark, and wa. n •t ev<·r going i o hn h<'forc 1n no 1nore in thj, world. Sbe ~ua8 ih \ 1w ~ L girl I v r St'<', iUHl h<t<l the lllO~L ·and. The Ininutc I wa far n ugh abovr th t \rn to ' I c u1d 1na k \ i h tow-head, I b gun t look . ·harp for a boaL t borro\v ; and th first tint the lightning showell In on that wasn't chained, I , natch cl it and hoved. It wa. a can t', and warn·t fast I1C<l wiLh nothing but a rope. The tow-head wa a rattling big di~lance off, away out t h ~re in the 1nicl<ll of t h"' ri v r, but I di<ln't lose no tin1 ~; an<l wh n I ·trn ·]r th raft at last, I wa, ~ facrg d I \ronltl a j n t laid down to blo\v an<l ga. p if I could a fforcl cl it. But I clicln •t. A· I prnng aboan 1 [ sung out : ' Out with you, Ji1n, <tncl s t her loos ! <ilory be to gooclnc:., \re 're . hut of them ! " Jin1 lit out, and \vas a con1ing for rne \viLh hot h ann pr ad, he wa.· .·o full of j y; but \vhcn I glirnp:ed hiu1 in the lightning, 1ny h art. hot up in Iny mouth, a1Hl T w 'TIL ov rboard backward: ; for I for rot h was old King L •;n· and a drowndPd A-rab all in one, and it n1o t scare<l th ' li vcr~ anu lights out of 1nc. But Ji1n fish d 1n out, and was going to hu()' m' and bless llH', and so on, he was ·o gla<l I wa · back mHl w was hut of 1 h 1\ ing and th duke, bnt 1 ,'ay : " N t now-have it for breakfa t, ha Vl' it for br akfast! Cut loo: and let her slide ! " So, in two . concls, away w "\vent, a liding down tl1e ri ycr, <tnd it did seem o g ocl to be free again and all by ourx 2 |