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Show ;~.)0 TilE A DVE1VTURE8 01,' IIUGltLEJJERRl~ l•'I}."r. .Y . ~i'Y n n y 1nor ~ ; be a n:-4 w ben h <' ::laitl he'd <1 a thin~, !1c al \\'ay~ doll i.t. Bnt I eonltln't n1akt' out h wh'\Ya' \nlllng to t5'> · t t111'<.:' lll 0 •"J thincbr '· s• o 1 .J ·nst lC't it brro, nn<l never both r <lno lHOl'<' abnnt it. If he wa. bonncl io han' iL. o, I ·onl<lnl help i t. \Yh n we got h ~nc, the house was all dark and till; :o " e w 'HL on d \Yn to the hut by the ash-hopp r, for to ~x<unin jL \\'" e \\·ent thr ugh th yard, . o as to s e what the hound "-oul<l do. They knowed u --, and didn'L 1nake no 1nore noise tba11 ·ountry dog is alway doing when anything com hy in the A , 'LUJ>LE JOJJ. 3f>1 11ighL Wh n w got to i.he cabin, we took n 1 k nt tb front an<l th' hvo si<lcf-1; an<l on the r·idc I warnl acquainte<l \viLhwhich was the north ~id<'-wc found a ~:qunre window-hole, up tolcrabl<' hirrh, " ·ith ju 'l on Lout b nnl1wil '<l ncros.' it. I f-lays: '' l[ere\; the ticket. Thi.; hol ,',, big <'nough for .lirn to g(·t t !trough, if we \\T llch off t lH' board.'' Torn s:1y. : 'It'~ as ~in1ple a tit-ta t- to<', tl1n'c- in-a-row, and <l~ rn .y :ts pln)ing hooky. I ~honld hope \\ P cm1 find a \\'<ly th:1i's a Jittlu JtlOre co1nplira te<l ilwn llt((f, Hnck Fi11n .'' ~ ' \Yc11, th n,'' I says," how'll it do to saw hitn out, tlH' \\'H\ I done bcfon' I "ns ru nrd 'red, thaL titnc? ., "That's n1orc 1i"A·e,'' he say . . ' l i\; real 1nvsteri o n~ and v ' t ronhl eso1ne, an< l good,'' ltc ays · "hnL 1 lwL ,,.c can fl n< l a way thaL'H tw ice a lo11g. There niu't 110 hurry; Je'"' k('('P on looking nronnd.' Betwixt the hnt :nHl thf\ fcncr on th \ ba<"k .-idr wa.- a leanto LhatjoinC'cl the hut at th ' cav~~ ~nul wa, lTI<Hle oni of plank. H was ns long a· the hut but nalTow- onl. about .·ix font wide. Th door to it \vas at the s ui h nd and \rn.- p<Hlloc ked. Ton, h' wc'nL tt) the sonp kettl : an<l . <'nrched around ancl fet'"'lH'd hack the iron thing they lift i. h 1 icl \rit h; ~o h took it and prizr<l out one of the . Laplc . The ('h(1in fell down_ and \\.C' op('llecl the door c111<1 w nL in, and hut it, and :t rncl - <l n1at~b, :nul sec th shed "-<lS only hniH. again t tll<' cabin ancl hadn't noccmncd ion \\-ith it ; ancl i.herc \varn 't 110 floor to th\ ~h cl, nor nothing in it but . om o1<l ru.-ty played-out It e ... , aiH1 spad s, and picks, an<l a crippled plow. Th 1natch \r nt out, and so did we, and shoved in the stapl(\ arrain, ancl the door wa. Jock cl as good a e\' r. Tom wa joyful. J[e :ay : 'Now we're all right. \\re 11 dig hin1 ont. It'll take about a week ~" Then we t.arted for the hou. e, <111<.1 I went in th baek do r |