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Show .0• 1 ) · )( ' ])on,t yon pL\_y 11otbing on rnC', be cau~e I wouldn't on yon. ] lonest injun, now, yon £11.1 1 'L a g 11 o • t ~• ., . ~ • ] [ on est i 11 j 11 n , I ain't;' I say:. , \\T 11- [ - 1 ''" ·11, that ought to settl<' it, of eour:-:t'; hut I can't ~otneh<nv ~C' 111 to nnc1erst:1ntl it, no \ray. Looky li<·n·. \r;ll'll.i you ever 1nnnlrred at (lll? ., "x·o. I Wrtl'n't <' r er Jnnnll'r '(lat. all I playrd it 011 thl'l)}. Yon con1e in hC'n' and ft' C'l of 111e if yon <lon 't bel ir \-(' ll H'.'' ~ 0 hr <lone it, :uHl it 8aUsficd hirn; <1nd he wa~ th;d glad it) see 1nr 11ga in, lu' didn't }.;:now what to <lo. J\n<l lH· wmd cll t() know a1l a1)0nt it rigl1t off; becau~c it was a grand <Hh·ent nrl', ;nHln1ystC'rious, ancl so it hit hirn whcr) he liYecl. Hnt I .·aid, 1c·ave it alone till hy-and-hy; nn<l t ol<l hi ., driv0 r to W<lit, nncl we drove off a little piece, and I tol<l hitn th kin<l of a tix T ·wn;-; in, and what <li<l he reckon we bet 1 er tlo? J [ said, l<·L hi1n :1}011 • a 1ninnt<', mHl don't disturb h1rn. ~o he thollght an<l t lHnr o-ht· and 1>1' }t tv soon he sa v . : b ' .I J "It':--; all right, l'vr o-ot it. Tak n1y trunk in your W<lgon., <nHl 1<>t on it\; vonr'n; ancl \1 01.1 tnrn back ancl fool a lung ~low, so as to get to .t hc' hou ·c ab~ut the tiJne you ought to; <11 Hl I'll go towanls town a piece, nncl tal.::c a fresh .·tart, and g<'t t h<'rC' a qnart 'r or a half an hour nft ·r you; ancl yon n ''dn 't let vn t () know llH' at fi 1'. t :· I s:.1ys : '"All right ; but wait a n1inutr. Th n''s one n1on\ i hing - a thing that nuuody clon 't know but mr. And that 1~, t hrrc ·;-; :1 njgger here that l'n1 a trying to . ten l ont of ~ lascry-anJ hi:-: IJanlc i, Jin ~-ol<l ::\Ii,"'s V{aL on's .Ti1n." lfc ·ay · : ' 'Vhnt! "\\rhy Ji1n i ----., 1[ stopped, and went to tudying. I ·ays : "I know " ·hat y u'll say. You'll . ny it'. dirty low-down bu ·inc ·· ; but what if it i ' ?-T1n low down ; and I'm agojng .A ...V. IOGJ~'R I 'Tb',1LHR. ') ·' <) !)•), to .-( c·al him, ancl I want yon to k p 1nutn an<l not l ton . \\".ill .v on ? ·· lfis eye lit up :nHl he .·nys: '.. r ll ,, e l jJ .Y () u :-\ t ('a l h i 111 ! '' \\\,ll, I let go all holls il1 cn, likt' I wa-.; shot. It \vas tl tt' lllo.-;L astonishing speech I P\' r hcanl-and I'nt honnd to .'a v Torn ~n.wy r fell, cnnsid<· rahlc, in 1ny c.t irnation. Only .I conldu't belit've it. Torn Sawyer a uiyye1· steuler .' H Ol1, shucks,'' I say· '" you'r<' joki11<r." '"I ain't j okino-, 'iilH'r.'' ' \Y ~11, th n,'' I :ays j king or no jokino-,~if y u b 'ar anythino- ~·aid about a runaway nigger, don'L £ rg<'t to rCHl ... lllbl·r ihat /JUn clon't know 11 oLhin cr about hi111, :1ud I don't know nothi11g abou t hitn.'' Then we took ih t rnnk and put it in n1y wagon <H1<l lH' drove off his way, :n1d ( drove 1ninc . Bnt of 'Olll'.... I forgot all abonL driving 'low, on account.' f b i11g glad nnd full of thinking' SO f got hotnC a hPap too quick for that le11gth of a trip. Th<' old g ·ntl }1nan \Yi.l at tlH' door, au<l lH' f-'H.Y.' : " \\''l1y, ihi. i ., wand rfnl. \Vho Ycr would hav thought it wa: in that 1nar0 to do it. 1 wish w ''d a tin1ccl h }r. And .'he· hai11·t sweat cl a l1air- not a l1 air. It' · wonderfuL "\Vhy I wouldn't tak a hundenl dollars for that hon; now ; I woul<ln't, honc} t; and y t I'd a · ld hPr for fift en b('for , an<l thought 1 \va. all sh was worth .. , That's all he aiel. I ( wa.' the in no cut rst, bet ol<l .'Oul I ev }r s e. 13ut it warn't surprising; berausc h warn't only ju.'L a farmer, h wa a pn'a ·h r, too, an<l had a little onc-bor c log church down back of th plantation, which he built it hi1nself nL his own xp n . e for a church ancl ch 1-house, ancl never charged nothing for ltis pr achin o-, ancl it was worth it, too. There was plenty oLher farmer-preacher~ like Lt.hat, and don .. the ~a1nc way, down South z 2 |