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Show TilE .. IDT'"ES'TUliES 01<' JIUCJ{LEH.ERRl- J<'LY~\'. "It's a go cl iclea. Ancl I reekon it\; been donr. I I ?nu·t a been done ; it . tnnds to re::von. Yefi, it\; a pri n1 good idea. \\rhere could yon ke p it ? ~ "J( )p \rhat, ::\Inrs Ton1 r .. " \Vhy, a rntilesnake.'' "J)e crooclnc <rraeiou alive', ::\Iar.· '1\nn: \rl1 y, if d<'v Wll~ h h . . a raLtl 'nake to cou1e in heah, l'<l take en bust right ont ihf)o dat log \rail, I would, \vid 1ny hen d.~' "'\rhy, Ji1n, you \rouldn 'L b<' afraicl of ii, <tftcr :t lit tlt'. Yon could tmnc it." " Tu u1 e it ! ·· "Y c~-ca~.Y enongh. Every aniuutl is gral efnl for ki lH lne:-~s and pc'tting, and thPy \rouldn 'L think of hurting· a person that pets the1u. Ally book will tell you that. You try-tlwt':-~ all I ask; just tr.v for two or three clays. \\Thy, .you c:tn g·l'f Jtim so, in a lilt le '"!tile, that he ~u lor ) you ; and . ·1 ·cp ''"it h you; and \ron't .:tay :nn1y fro1n you a 1ninute; ancl wjl] 1C't you \\Tap him ronnel your n ek ancl put hi. b acl in your 1nouth." "J>[etu~e, ::\Iar. To1n-donn' talk o ! I can't .c.;lfr ,~· it~ He'd let 1nc shove his head in 1ny 1nouf-fer a favour, ltain't it? I by he'd \vait a po\v'ful long ti1ne 'fo' I u. ·I h inl. En 1no' en daL, I cloan' 1cunt hi1n to sleep \vicl me.'' "Ji1n, don't act so fooli h. A pri ·oner's yot to hare . onw kind fa dun1 b pet, an<l if a rattl ·nake hain't ever brcu t riecl, why, ther~s 1nor glory to be gained in your being· tb first to ev r try it than any ot hPr \rH.Y you eoulJ ever thi 11 k of to ~a r1) .YOUr life." "\\Thy, l\Iar Tom, I cloan' 'Wunt. no sich glory. ~nab' take ~n bite Jim's chin off, den wluth is de glory? No, sal1, l do an' want no ich doin ~s. ' "Bhnne it, can't you t1·!J? I on] y want you to t 1·.y- you needn't keep it up if it don ~t. \rork.'' "But de trouble all done, ef de snake bite me ,vltil<) f · a tryin' hin1. l\Iars Ton1, I's willin' to tackle 1nos' anylhing 'al ain~t onr a. onable, buL f you en 1 [uck fet ehe~ a rattlesuak in heah for llle to tam ' rs gwyne to lenve, clat\; 8/t()/'e .'' "\\Tell, then, let it go, l •t it o·o, if you're , 0 bullh l'a(lC<l about it. v\r e can g t you ·otn gart er- :na.ke.· and you can tic ~o1n :. buttons on their tails, and let on tlt .ire rat tlc ~llil kes, and l reckon thafll have to do.'' "I k~n stan' dem, l\Iars Tom, bnt blam<-' 'f [ <:ouldn' get -- BU'l'TO~S 0 ... TJWIR TAILS. along wi(lont u1n, I tell you daL. I nev r know eel b ~fo~, 'L ''as 'O 1nuch bother and trouble to be a prisoner." "\Vell, it alway::; is, \vh n it's done rigld.. l'" ou got auy rat around here ? ~, "No, sah, I hain't seed none." "\\r ell, w 'll geL you so1ne rat.·." "\\rhy, l\Iars Ton1, I doan' 'WCt/nt no rat. Dey' · d dct<lhlmnedest creturs to 'turb a body, en rustle roun' over 'im, en bite Jtjs feet, when h 's tryin' to sleep, I ever s No, 'ah, |