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Show 4CG TilE ADrEJ.VTURJ?,' OF JJT'('J{LEBERRl~ FI.:Y.Y. . an1 . I <li<l "·i~h Aunt Sally \V01l1<1 cmnr, <nHl g(•L done with nH,_ arHl lick lll<\ if ~he wmltc<1 t.o, ~u1d l '1. lll-' gd, :nr:1y :n1d h·ll Toxn how "<''tl o\·enlone ihi:-~ thing, :nHl wh;1t a i lllmcl<·ring horuet 's nest \\'C \1 got our:-;e] \'<':-i iut o, so W<' ('OHld ~ll)p f'noli 11g around, strnight off, :nHl de:1r ont with .Jirn !J<•for<' llt<':w 1·ip~ got out of patience· and conH' for u:. Ai last she couH:, and begun to a .. k lll<' qnrsii011:, hut I cottld,,~{ answer the1n :trnight, I didn't kno\v which t'lHl of llll' wa~ up; because U1es JllCn was i11 sn('h a fidget 11ow, t11;d .'Ome wa. \Yanting to start right null' <llHl 1:\y for t hcnt dl''-']><'radoe~, an<l . aying it \rnrn't but a f('w Jni1111t . to 1Hid11ight · and othrr.· was t.rying to geL tllc'Ill to hol<1 on an<l wait for tlw shecp-:igual; :uHl h rc was nunty pegging a\Yay :d 1 he quc~tion .. , aucl1nc a . hakino· all O\'C'l' :n1c1 ready to siuk down in my tracks I was that :cared; an<l thr place g(·tii11g lwt i<'l' and hott 'r, a11<l th butter beginning i o In<'lt an<l ntn dn\Yll my neck nn<l behind 1ny cars; and pretiy .-oon, when o11C of them ~:1..ys," l'n& for going :1n<1 getting in the cabin .PJ'8{, and right 'now, an(l eai chiug the1n whcu tlH'Y cmnc;' I 1nosL droppecl; and a streak of bnttrr co1nc a trick1 i11g down 1ny forehead, and Aunt f4a11y . he· sec it m1<l turns white as n Pheet, mH1 say~ : "}'or the land'~ . ak<' what 'l i he Jna.i.t )r wii h t ltl' ch ild~l1e's got the brain fever as .·bore a: you're· bor11, an<l the) 'r<' oozing onL ! " And everybody runs to sec, and :he snatcl1es off 1ny ltat, anc1 ont co111cs the bread, and wlwt \Yns left of i he bnti er, and ~he grabbe<l Jnc, an<l huggc·l Jne, and says : "Oh, what a turn you did giv 1nc! ancl how glad and grateful I an1 it ain't no wor:e; for luck'· again:t n , and it n ver rain.' but it pours, and when I , e that truck l thought we'd lost you, for I know d by the colour ancl all, it '"~as jn. t A ~lVELr RU .. Y. I 0/ Ii ~..:c your brains would be if- ]) ar, d('ar, wlty<ln't yon tr)!l 1ne ihatwaswhat you'd b n d wn ther for, /\vo11ltl u't a can d . Now ·1cr out to bed, and don ~t lrnnn s 't' no 1no1·(' of .von till • f " ll101'1Ul1g • I wa.· UJ)StnirR in a second, and down the li crhtnin~r-ro( l in h h auoLhcr one, an<l :hinning t lnongh t hr dark for Uu' lcan-t o. I conlclnl hardly get 1ny wonls out, I \vas :o anxious; but 1 tol<l T01n as quick as I could, we 1nu.-L jutnp for it, now, r.nd not a Jninntc to losC'-i he h ou . (\ f ull of nH'n ' .) rm11l r ' with gun. ! ] [is ey<·~ j n.'L hlaz('(l; and h " say.- : "~o !--is that 'O ? A i n'l i L hn1ly! \Vhy, 1 r nc k, if it waR tn do over again, J l)rL I couhl f<'tch two h nn<lr d ~ 1 f w , <'<)ll lcl put iL off i i1J ·~ "Hurry! hn1'J'?f! ., l says. '' \rh<'rc\; Jin1? '' "Hight at your clb \V; if yon r each out yonr :1nn yon can ton ·h him. 1 ( p\,; drC'. sed and everythi n o·~s reaclv. Xo\v w \~ll b . :li<lc out nucl gi v t h :heep-:ignal. '' But t h('ll we h ard th i ra1np of lll('H, con1ing t o i 1t and h end t1H'In hC'gin to funtbl(' with t he padlo ·k; an<l a man :ny : door, heard "I fol(l you \ve'<l b too soon; th 'Y hav n't emnc-thc door is loek<·cl. ] fcrc, I'll lock :01nc of yon into Lh cahin ancl you lay for '<'ln in the dark antl kill ')In when t h <'Y 0111 ; an<l the r st ·eati ')r around a pi CC', and li. L n if you can h ar ' 'm coining.'' ~o in they co1n0, but c ul<ln'L sc u . jn th dark, ancl 1nost trod on nR whil. t we was hnsLling to o· t under t hr bed. But w got nn<ler all right, and ont through the h ole, :wift but · oft-Ji1n fir.t, men 'xt, and Torn la t, which \va.- according to Tmn·. onh)rs. No\v we Wi:L ' in th \ lean-to, nn<l heard tramping. close by out ide. ~ 10 we cr :1pt to the door, and To1n stopped us there a.ncl put his eye to th crack, but couldn't make out |