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Show 3G4 any n':L'OnHhlene .., in you at aJl-what kind of a l-lho\v won]<l that crive hiu1 to be a hero? \Yhy, th y Jnight a.· ,,·clll nd l)int thekcy,an<ldonc"·ithit. I)icksand h \~·L -whyth('yw ul<lu't furni h · 'lll to a king." '" \ \r '11, tltCll," I sny~, • if \H' don't wan L the picks and ::-;ll<J\·e 1 ~, what do we want?·· ' A coul'l(' of c;ts~-J.~n i vcs." '' To <1 i cr I It P fonndat ion onL fron1 uncl<•r i hat ca 1 >i u, \\it h : ·· t> "CnnfotnHl it ir~ fooli .. h, Ton1:' ' It <lon·t 1nak<' no difference how foolish it is, it's ill<.· riyltl way- and it's t h r ·gular way. And there ain't 110 othe1· '' :ty, that ever I hcanl of and l'vc' read a 1l the books that. gi V('s any infonn:li ion ahont the ·e tl1ing,·. They always (lig out ·wiLh a <·ase-knj~·- and IH>l through dirt, 1njn<.l you; gener]y it's thr ugh ~oli<l rock. And it takes t he1n w •ek, and ·wcckN and week: and for V<'r an<l 'YCr. \rhy, look at one of tllcln prisouers in tl1 \ botton1 dungeon of th Cast] ])eef, in the harbour of ~Iarscillc ·, tltaL <lug hiu1 c]f out that way; how long \Yas lw at it, yon n·ckon? ·· "1 don't know."' " \\'"ell, gnc ::· '• I <lon't know. A nlollLh a1Hl a half(" " '11ft LJ 't!)-L'Cl'ell yea1·-and he co1n ouL i11 Cl1ina. 'l'lut(s tl1c kind. I wi ·h tlte botto1n of this fortr 'S · \Ya: olid rock." "Ji JJ!J don't know nobody in China.'' " \\'"hat's tftal goL to do with it r Neither did that otl1cr fellow. But you'r alway a-wandering ff on a side 1ssu '. 'Yh y can't y n st icl - i o the 1nain point? '' '" All righ L-l don't care where h con1 .. · out, so h cv1nes out; and ,1 im don't, ither, I r ckon. But t h r 's one thing, anyway-Jiin·~ too old to be <.lug out with a ca ·e-knife. If l won "t la t. ·· A DEEP IIOLE, 3GG "1'" rs he \vill la t, too. tbirty-scYcn y ars to dig Y u don't r ekon it 's going to t akc out _through (l diJ'l fonn<btion, d ., ., your "II ow long will it tak(', To1n ? ·· ~.\1 OUCHIN<.: Tll 1£ KXl \ ' ES. "\\,..ell, w can't re.·k being as long as \rC' ongltt io, b cause it n1ayn"t take vory long for Uncle Rilas to h 'ar fro1n down there by Xcw Orleans. l[e'll h ar Ji1n ain"t frmn th re. Then his n xt 1nove will b to adverti e Jim, or so1n thing like that. Ro we can't rc. k being as long digging hin1 out a: we 01.1ght to. |