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Show n- vO dirt anJ grea aronn<l the ~ aw '<1 place o t h Ycry kc'cnc'f.:f :en kal cau 't ~ c no sign of ir~ b ~ing a\Y 'tl, and ihinlc t h(' b d-lcg is perfectly ound. Then, t h night you\· :) rc<Hly f 'lch the leg a kick, down ·h got'S; :lip off y rnr chain, a1Hl then"' you ar~. Nothing to do but hiteh y ur rop -lachl r to thr 11attle1ncnt...;, shin d wn it, break your leg in the lnoat-hecans<· a rope-ladder i nineteen foot too hort, you know-alHl t ht'rc':-: your hor ·cs and your t ru ty Yassl c~ , ~uul th y :coop you np alHl fling you aero : a :addle an<l away yon go, to your native Langucloc, or ~avarrc, or whcr 'VCl' it i~. It's gaudy, 1 [nck. r \Vi h th rc wa .. a Jnoat to th i. cabin. If we get tin1r, the night ()f th e. rap , \re ·n dig one .. , I . ay : "'\That do we want of a n1on i, whcu '' ,·r gon1g to ~nake· hitn out fro1n nuder the cabin ? ., Bnt he nev 'r heard Inc. 1 [c had forgot Inc ancl evPry ~hi11g el · . lie had his chin in hi: hand thinking. Pretty ~oon, he . jgh , and hak · his head; then I ·ighs again, a1Hl . ay · : Xo, it \Youldn't do- there ain't ncce .. ,ity enough for it.' "Forwhat?~' I ays: "'\'"by, to aw Ji1n's leg off," he . ay:. "Good land! " I ays, "why, t herr ain't no n ecp. ·ity for it. And \vhat would yon \-rant to saw hi:-; ] eg off for, anywny? '' "'Yell, some of the b<' ·t nut horiti ha. done it. They eouldn 't get the chain off, so th<'y ju t cut their hand off, and :hoved. And a leg would be better till. 13ut we got to let that go. Th re ain't nece sity enough in this ca: ; and be ·ide.:, Jim ·s a nigger and wouldn't un der:tand the rea n · for it, and how it'~ the custon1 in Europ ; o we'll let it go. But tbere·~ one thing-he can have a rope-ladder; we can t "ar up our 5hcet ancl make hitn a rope-ladder ea:y enough. And \YC can I end it to him in a pie; if: 1no:tly (lone that \vay. And I\e et won;e pies .• , JJARJ{ J 'CIIEJ1ES. 33D '' \Vhy, To1n Sawy('r, ho\v you talk," I ,'ay:-~ ; ' JiJrl £1in't got no u .. c for a rop -ladder.'' ''lf ha g t u ' for it.'' Ilow yon talk; you bett r ay yon don't know nothing abont it. li e'~ · got to ha vc a ropr ladder ; th y all d .. , "\Ybat in tlte nat ion ca11 h \ do with it?" /- O~E <H' 'l'JI E BE T AUTlLOIUTJ E . ' no with -it? lie can hi<le it in hi b cl, can't h ? Thar~ what they all do ; ancl he's got to, t oo. IInck, you <lon 't ever s rn to want to do anything that's regular; you lrant to be . tarting sotn('thing fresh all th time. S'po ·e lH" don't do nothing with it? ain t it thcrP in his bed, for a cl w, after he's gone? and don't you r ckon they'll want cl w ? Of c ur e they will. And y u wouldn't ]eave th m any? ThaL \V ull b . |