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Show 37G TilE ADVE .. .YTURE OP JIUGJ{LE!JERRJ~ l·'IN.N. ,1, oin d ropp c1 t]1c p 'wter •s poon in l rn cle Sila .' s coa. t pock .t , and Aunt Sally wa 11 't co1nc yet, 'O w' hncl to w~nt a httle wlule. And \Yh n ,1 r e com ~ 11 "'' \.,"l .' hot, anu red, ancl ero.· ~, and ld 't 1 ·dl ,.'"' 1·~ for th bl ... in(T; and th n she w nt to C'OU ll U\.1 . y ,, (l L 0 • • l s lU· C·l llg t ff"\c with one hand and racking th 1taudlC\'l OU CO _ c_l u. 1d, s 11 eac1 W·l tlr h 1. thimble \Vith the other, an<l sa. ys : "I'v hunted high, and rvc hunted low, an(l lt clo s beat nl1, what. has bcconle of your oLher l::ihirt.'' . . l\Iy h 'art. f 11 down arnong~t n1y lungs and lLv<.\rs ancl tlung~, anu,, a 1u n·c1 p1· ' c<, of corn-cru ·t tarte<l down n1y t hronL after It 1 t t 1 an( (To 111 ' or ~11c l'tnd with a couo·h ancl \YH.' shot a ero~· the l; ' b . ll t a b d t l' 011c of the children in the <'J<.' and cnrll'<.1 hun 1 e- an o o .._ . . 1.1 fi 1 · 1up 1 ~ , a · 111 g - ,,.01·1r1 , '·-lnu let a .c ry out of lnnl the tze o. f a 1 ,11cl1\nn he turn eel kn1cler blue around t h g1lls, \VHr-W lOOp, h . . anu it all ainounted to a con iderable state of thrn_gs for ahout a <luar t r Of c· t 1ninnte or 'ct S much as that, a1Hl I woulcl as old out for half price if there wa a bidder. But a ftcr that we was all riaht. again-it \vas th sudden l::lnrpri c of it t.hat knocked Lr . o kind of colcl. "Cncle Hilas he .·ay~ : "rs ll10St nncoinmon curious, I can·t understan(l it. I know perfectly well I took it a..O·, becan e ., "Because you hain ·t goL but one on. J n t li slen at thr 1nan ! I know you took it off, and know it by a bcU er \vay than your wool-g thcring rnemory, too, because it was on the ·lo ·e -lin yesterday-! · c it there 1ny elf. Hut it's gonethat'. .. the long and the ·hort of it, and you'll ju.-t have to change to a re<l flann '1 one till I can get time to make a ne\v one. And :it'll be the t hinl I've made in two years ; it just keeps a body on the jump to keep y u in hirts; and whatever yon do Jnanage to (lo with '1n all, is more'n I can make out. A bocly'cl think you 'woulcllearn to tak :on1e .'Ort of care of ·em, at your ti1ne of life." "I know it, f'ally, and I do try all I can. ]~nt it oughtn't Till~ L.L LS1' Silll~ T. to b altogether 1ny fault, b cause you know I <lon·L . c i h 1n nor hav("\ noi hing to do with i hen1 except wh('n t hcy'n\ on lllP ; and I don't believe I'v ever lost on oft h \n1 <~[j' of rn ~ : "vV ll, it ain't /JOn1' fault if you haseu't, Nila .. -you\1 a clone it if you could, I reckon. And i h ~ sl1iri ain't all thai's gon )' nuLhrr. Thcr's a .poon gone; an(l thut aiu ·t all. 'fhC're was ten, and 110\V ther\; only nin . The calf got th shirl I reckon, butt he calf never took the . poon, llur(,' ~ rtain.'' "\rhy, \vhat cl.-e is g n ', Sally ? ,, "Ther'.' six candle· gone-that' \vhnt. 'l'hl' rats could a got th candle.·, and I r 'ckon they did ; I wo11< ler t hry don't walk off with th whole plac , th \vay you're alwcl.Y ... going to . top their hol s and don't do it; and if they \ran1 'L fooL t h y\l slerp in your hair, Silas-you\l never fin(l j L out; hnt you can't lay i he spoon on the rat .. , and that I "h·now.'' "\\Tell, Sally, rm in fault, ancl I aclcnowl<'<lgr jt; l\'e b 'en re1ni ... ; but I won 't let to-morro·w go by \ri thont ~topping up thc1n hole . " "Oh, I wouhln"t hurry, next y ar'll do. :\fai il<la Angelina Armui11ta ]>help ·! ,, Whack co1nes th thiu1ble, and the child . 11aiches her claws out of Lhe .'llgar-bowl without fooling around any. ~ltt.'t then, the uiggcr \Yo man st cps on to the pa ag , and ~ays : ' l\1i. 'u , dey's :1 sh('C't gon .'' " A 8/teet gone ! \V ell, for the lancl'l::i sak ~ : ·· "I'll .top up th 1n holes to-clay,' . ay;-; l Tnl'le ;--;ila~, looking orrowful. "Oh, clo shet up !-- . 'po.-e the rat took th sit er)l ! lVhe1·e's it gon0, Lize ? " ' ,lah to goodn s I hain't no notion, :\Ii .. s Hally. She \vuz on de clo'.--line yi. tiddy, but t:he clone gon ; .-h ain' dah no 1no', now .. , "I reckon th world i\· comi11g to an n<1. I ne?,eJ· ... ee the |