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Show Jitn ~aid the rock was \ror·c than th log"; he. aid. it would take him .. uch a pison long titne to <lig then1 into a rock, he w uldn·t ever p; t out. But Tmn said h \voul<l l<'t In< lwlp him <lo it. Then iH:~ took a look to ... e how n1e aud ~1 in1 \ra · gettincr along ,vith the p ens. It \vas n1ost pe ·k. t <lion· hard work and low, and didn't giv n1y hands no ·bow to g·ct well of the orcs, and we di<ln't sccnl to !Tiel ke no h('acl WI.\,Y, h:lrdly. :-;o Ton1 says : " I know how to fix it. ,, .. c <roL to 1tave n rock for the coat h of anns an<l 1nournful in criptions, an(l \Ve c~1n kill two birds with that . atn<' rock. Tbcn,·s a gaudy big grind:tonc do\\'11 at. th rnil1, and we·n tnouch it, nnd carve the thing: on it, and file out th<' p<\n and the saw 011 it, too:' It warn •t. no slouch of an idea ; and it warn 't no ~louL·h of lt <rrinJ ton 11uthPr; but \Ye allowed 've\1 tncldc it. It \\·arn't h quit Jnidnig·ht, yet, .. owe clearc<l out for the 1nill, leavinq .lim at work. \re s1nonchc<l the grind tone, and set out, to roll her hotne, but it \\'H · a 1110 t nation tough job. ~oln etitne" , do \vhat we could, ". couldn't keep her fro1n falling over, and he come 1uighty near rna. bing us, every ti1ne. T01n saill ~hewn !.!Oin cr to o·et one of us, urc, before \Ve bO'ot th rou<rh. \r e £tot ·~ ~ b b ;-, u h r half \Y<t.v; and t h n we was plumb played out, antl 1noJ llrowndc< 1 \vi t h ·went. \\rc ._ ce it warn ~t no us<', we ,(....).., 'ot to 'h <ro and fetch Jinl. :--;o he rai.·ed up hi bed an(l sliu the clmin oft' of the heel-leg, <nHl wrapt it round and round hi· lH'ck, and we crawled out through our hole an<l uo\vn there, n1Hl .Ti1n and lllt' ln id into that gTind tone and walked hC'r along like 11otbing; and To1n supcrintPnclccl. l[e c uld ont-.. nperintcncl any boy I C\'er . C<\. l[e kno\ved how to clo C\'erythin<r. ;-, Onr hole wa.' pretty big, but it warn't big noug·h to cret the grindstone through; bnt .Titn he took the pi ·k a1Hl oon 1nade it big (.. . nongh. Th()n Tom 1narked out t he1n thing on it with the nail, and t Jitn to work on them, 'rith the nail for q C) \)( . a chi cl ~nul an iron bolt fro1n the ru11bagc in tlu· lean -to fur a hannucr, and told hi1n to ,,·ork till the rc t of his cancllt\ quit on hi1n, nnd then he could go to bed, and hide the grindston(' nnd \r l1is stnnv tick enid sleep on it. Then WP helpc<l hi1n fix his chain hack on tl10 b d-lcg·, and wa.' ready for lwclourselvc . . Hnt T01n thoug·ht of sornethi11g, nncl sny: : A To :·c; ll ,JOB. '" Yon g ;L any spidcr3 in here, Jim?·~ '.Xo, sah, thnnk to goodne .... I hain't, 2\Iar:-} Tom.'' " All right, we'll get von . o1ne. ~ ' But bless you, honey, I doan' 'wanl none. I's afenn1 un um. I j i ·' 's soon have rattle nakes aroun'.'' T01n thought a minute or two, and say.' : |