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Show ., I •> • , ..J TilE AD ~EA''l'CRES Ol!' IIUCJ{LL'JJERRl~ l!'Il'l1\~ "\Yell, th n, I b'li \'e yon. But answer me only je. t thi~ one more-now don~t git rnad; didn •t you have it in your 1ni1ul 1 o hook the rnoney and hide it?" The duk n ver aid nothing for a littl ) bit ; then he say: : ",, ... ell-I don't care if I dicl, I didn·t do it anyway. But yon not only had it in rnincl to do it, but you clone it:• "I wi ht I may n ver die if I c1 ne it, duke, and tlwf hone t. I won't ay I \varn't go in' to do it, hecau e I 'U'a"'; but you-I mean . omcbocly-got in ahcatl o' me:' TilE DUKE WE)\T J'OR liDf. "It's a lie! l.,. ou done it, and yon got to say you don it or--" The king begun to gurgle, and then he gasps out: " 'Kough !-I o1.un 1.1p ! " I wa~ very glad to hear him ay that, it 1nade me fe 1 much rnore ea 1er than what I was feeling befor . So the duke took his hands off, and says: "If you ever deny it again, I'll drown you. It's 1.vell for PO 1VERFUL MELLO TV . 313 yon to set there and blubber like a bahy-it".· fiU <\n for yo u, after the way you'v acted. I never see such an ohl o ·trich t r wanting to gobble v rything-ancl I a tru ting you all the t irne like yon was my own fath r. Yon ought to b \ n asharnecl of yourself to stand by and hear it sad 11 d on to a lot of poor nigg rs and you never say a word for , m. It 1nal{ Inc f el ridieulou to think I was . oft enough to bel i et'e 1 hat rub bag . Cnss you, I can see, now·, why you was so anxious to 1nake up th · deft sit-you wanted to get what money J \l g0t out f th ~ Non ·uch, and on thing or another, and scoop it ull! · The king ay "', timi<.l, and till a nuffiing : " \Vhy, <luke, it ,,-as you that said make up i hr· <leffer it, il warn •t me.·' ~' Dry up! I clon •t \vant to h ar no mor Ul&l of yon ! " say the duke. "And now you what yon r;ot by it. Th y'v got all their own 1noncy back, and all of oun1 but a , hckel or two, besides. G ·long to bed-and don't y n <l ·f£ rsit 1ne no 1norc cleffer. it , long · yog live ! " So the king sn ak cl into th wigwa1n, an<l took to hi botll' for comfort; and before long the duke tackl '<l IIi bottle ; ancl so in about a half an hour t h y was as thick n,s t hic\'es again, an<l the tighter th y got, the lo\·inger th 'Y got ; a1Hl \vent off a noring in each other\; arms. They both got pow rful mellow, but I noticed the king didn't get mel1ow nongh to forget to remember to not deny about hiding the mon y -hag again. That made me feel easy and atisfied. Of cour. e when they got to snoring, we had a long gabbl , and I told Jim Ycryt hing. |