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Show "Don't say Y<'~·tn- . a.y AnnL f.;;dly. ~1grounc 1 ? '' I di<1n 't rightly kn c)\r \Yhat to :ay bL'C:tu " 1 < lidn 't know 'rhcth r UH' boat \\onld b' coining np th<' river or <lown. Hut I g~ a goo< l < l a 1 011 i n~tinct · <UHl nty in tinct said shp "onld be eon1ing up- fnnn down U)\rnnls Orl '<Ill~. That ditln't ltelp 1nc 1nueh though; for I didu·t know the nan1cs of bar: down that wny. I ~ e I'd got, i o inYcnt a bar, or forget th lHllllC of 1 h t~ one we <rot a nTOUlH l on-or- N O\V 1 st rue k an i< len, Ull< l b u fL'tehecl i L out : ·It warn't ilt ' oTotnH1ing-that clitln't k cp l.L ' bacl· but a J it il<'. \\"'" c bl wed out a cylinder-h ad.'' • Uoo<1 gra<..'ions. anybo<ly hurL?'' ' No"n1. 1\illed a nigger:' ' \\re11, it's lucky; becau ) soul 'tin1cs people do g 't hurL Two year. <lgo la L Clui bna , your Uncle f-)ilas wa coining up frmn N 'Wrl 'an~ on the ol<l [al1y !look, a1Hl h bl owe<l out a cylinder-head an<l eripplcd <l 1nan. And I think he di ed aft<'r\ rarcl ·. l[c wns n Bnbti:L l.,..onr Un ·1 Rila kno\Y d a fa1nily iu Baton Rong tl1;1L kno\\'C<l hi , peopl Yery ·well. ·yc~, I relH<' l'tl her, now h cl i d diL'. J\IorLificat ion ct in, antl ihcy had to <11nputatc hi1n. Bni ii didn't .·av l1i1n. l ... , , it w;1s 1nori ifit: ation- i haL \Ya. • it. 1 [c turn cl bl u all over, and <lic<l in the hope) of a glorious rcsttJTr Lion. They say he wa. a l"ight 1o look at. l ... our uncle's been up toihe t wn \'cry day to fetch yon. And hr'l" 0aon ao·ain, not 1nore'n a11 hour aa : he'll lH' - b b bar] ~ any 1ninui c, now. ·You 1nu i a Jnet hiu1 on the road, didn't yon?-oldi~lt Juan, with a " "No, I didn't f-i('<' nohody, Anut ~ally. The hoat la1Hl((l jnst at dny]icrht, and I l<>fl 1ny bnggng, on th ·whnrf-boat nn<l \rent looking around tlt <' i own a ncl ouL a pice<' in th<> eonui ry, to put in th' tin1e nnd lH>t o··t hen' too ·oon; and ·o I <..'Ollle <1own th' back way:' U J> .A )'-,' 1' l"J I I'. " \\'ho\1 yon give the 11nggagc to? ·· ' Xobo<ly.' '\\'hy, ·hilcl, iCU be . tol ! ., " rot \vhere l hi<1 iL I H'tkon it won·t;' [ .ay·. "] [o·w\1 you g vL your brcakf;tl"t ~o early on tlH' boat?·~ Ji \vas kin<l<'r thin icc, hnt T :ays : "Th<' captain sec 1nc ,'tan<l i11g around, and tolcl 1uc I lH'i I <'r han• ·o1n t.hing to c;d b ·fon~ I \Vent nshor'; .·o hr took Jll<' iu th<' texas to the officer~' lun('h, and giv' lll' all I ,,.mlt('d:' I wa g Uing . o llll( a. y l oul<ln't Ji.~ten <roo<l. I had Jll,Y lllllHl on th chi1<ln'n all the tinH' · I \\-ant<'<l io g~'! thc•n1 out t o on c l" i < l c , an< l p tun p il1 1 n a 1i t t 1( ', ;1 1H l f i 1l< l o u t ''" h o I w a s . But I couldn'L g('t uo .·how, J\fr~. Phcl p~ k<'pi it up :nHl rnn on sn. PreHv soon .·he n1ad"' th' co1cl c l 1 ill ~ .·l r ak all down 1ny " back, 11 cause ~he say~ : "But here we're a rnnnincr on thi.· W<ly, <nH1 yon hain'L told ll1C' a \ron1 ahont Si.' l!Or any r th 'lll . Xo\\ rn l' .-t lllY works a little, and you ,·tart up yonrn; jnst iellJlH' el'eJ'/flltiny- t<'ll nH all abonL 'rn all-cv<'ry 011 ' of ·ll1; ;nH1 how i hey ar , ancl whaL they're (loina, mHl \vl taL i hcy to1<l yon to tl'll 1nc; :nHl C' \' ry ln ,'t thing you <.'an iltiul - of." \r ell, I .· 'e I w~l~ np <l stump-and up it good. Providence had ·i oocl by 1n i hi .: fur, all right but 1 \ra, ] 1anl aud t igh L agrouncl, now. I .·ec it w;trn't a 1 it of use to try tog al1 ':td -I \l r;ol i o i hrow· np 1ny lwll<l. ~o I ."<l)',' ! o 1nyl"<'lf h n:~ anoth er plac \Yhcr I got to n'.-k th:\ trntlt. I op n d Jny 1nont h to bpcrin; but he grabbed 1'1C and hustl<'d 111 in bc:hin<l i he 1) d, and 'ay.' : "If r h com ~! .'liek your head down 1ower-LlH'r<', that'll clo ; you can't be · en, 11 \L J)on"i yon l<>L on you·n, here. rn play a j oke Oll hin1. Child rn, <1on'L you :ay il w rcl. '' I . cc I was in a fix, now. But it waru"t 110 us LO \VOlT)' • ~ ' |