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Show 310 'Heel it nnw, or th('y 'll hang yc, sur ! · and I lit- ont. It didn't cc1n no gootl for 1ne to ~tay-I conldn 't <lo nothing, and I diLln 'L wa11i to be h nng if I could get a,,~ay. No I ll<'rer ~topped running Ull I fonnd th cau ; ancl wh n I got her, { told J i1n to hurry, or t lH'y'd catch 1ne and h8ng lllC' ycl, HlHl ~aiel I \nt: afea nl yon ancl the d nke wa. n't a 1i \·c, 11ow, m1d 1 wa~ awful l-lorry, and :-;o \Va Ji1n, and \Va' awful gla(l wlu'll we· sec yon cmning, you uwy ask Jin1 if I clicln 't ."' Jitn saill it \Ya~ ~o ; and the kjng tnlll hiu1 to ~l1nt np, ancl aiel, " 0 h, ye~, i l's 1n i [) h ty likely ! ·· antl : hook Jll(' up again, antl f-:ai<l he reckonc<l he'd clrowncl Jne. But the duke S~1)'.~ : " Lcggo the boy, yon ohl i<lioi ! di~ rent ? J>i<l you juquire aronud loo c ? l clcn1't r '1nc1nbcr it.·· \\"" ould you, a don<· any for hh11, wben yon got ~o the king let go of me, and bcgu11 to cu: · that i own and ('Verybocly in it. Bnl the clnkc .:ays : " ·yOLl 11l'itcr a bla1nc : ight giYe yuu?'8e(f ~~ goocl cns~ing, for you're' t be one thaf~ ·ntitlcd to it 1no.J . l'" on hain"t douC' a thing, fro1n i he ~tart, that had any s ns in it, except emning out so cool ~ntll ehreky with that i1naginary blue-arrow Hwrk. That ?.J'((8 hrigltt - ii wn.· right down bully; and it wa the tlting that .. :a\~C'cl n:-.. For if it hadnl brcn for that, th "y'd a jaile(l us till thcn1 Engl i:-;h1ncn's baa-gage come-and tl1en-tbe penitent iary, you bet ! But i.h<tt trick took · 111 to th oTase}'ard mHl b ' the gold done~ u: a still l1igg r kindnes ; for if the excite< l fool~ hadn "t let go all holts and n)ncle that nt. h to get a look, we \ l a .lept in our eraYats to-night-era vat!:-i \VHrrani e<l to 1l'ea?·, toolonger than 1.ue ·< l ncecl 'en1: ' They wa: .till a Ininute-thinking- thPn the king say:, kind of absent-mind d like : "l\1f! And \Ve r ckoncd ih nig.r;e?~s ·tol it ! ., That n1ad me . ·quinn ! ... 1 R01 ...A L ROH". 0 11 "y •s;' . nys the duk , kinder low, and d "libcra.t , ancl ·ar-ea t ic, " lYe did : ' Aft r about a half a minute, the king drawls out: "L a tway ·-[did: ' The duke ,'ay:, the <Une way : " On the contrary- l did.· Th king kind of ruffi -.· up, and sny. " Looky h ·re, Bilg<·wa.tcr, what'r yon ref(~rrin~ tor" Th clnke Fay:, pretty l)ri k : " 'Yhen it conlC!-1 i o t hat, 1nnybe you·n 1 ·L 1nc a ·k, what \va yon referring to ~ ., "Shuck. ! "say: the king, Yery , area tic ; ' buJ J don't kno\\~ -1naybe you wa~ asle p, and didn't kn \V what you was about.' The duk bristle: right up now, and sny, : " Oh, 1 t rnp on thi: Ctl.'~Cd non:ensc- d yon take nle for a hla1ne' fool? ])on 'i yon r )ckon I know \Vh hicl t hat 1noney in that coffin ? · " Yes, ~ir ! I know you clo know bccalL'e you done i L your lf! ., "It'. a, lie! ··-and ihc duke \V nt for hinl. rrhe king .. :ings out : "Tak y'r hand· off !- leggo n1y t hroat !-I tnke iL all back!., Th luk say. : " \ Yell, you ju:i wn up, fir ... t, tbat you clicl hid that 1nonry t h r , int nding to give m ih slip on of tbes day:, and cmn' back and djg it up, and have it. all to your elf.'' "~rait j st a minut , duke-an w~r 1ne this one qu tion , h nest and fair; if you didn't put tb 1non y th r , . ay it, and rn b'lieve you, and take back everything I said .. , "You old scoundrel, I didn't, and you know I didn't. Th .~re, now!" |