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Show ·114: Ro he lit up hi , lantern, ancl goL hi· adclle-bags, <llHl \\'0 ~tart d. But \Yhen h ee ih cano , he didn't like thr look of ltcr-~aid he wa · big enough for one, but didn't look pretty safe for 1 wo. I ·ays : " Oh, you nccdn'L be afeanl, sir, sh \ carried the thrt'e of u~ ea. y enongh." " \\'"hat three ? ·~ '' \\rhy, 1nc antl ~id, aud- <UHl-~n1ll the .r;uns; that's \rhat I 1nean.'' '• ( )b," he ~<IYS. Hut he pnt. hi' foot on the gunnel, and rock cl her ; all(l shook his head, and said h reckon <l he'd look aroun<l for a bigaer one. But they wa~ n1l locked and chainccl; o he took my canoe, and , aiel for Ill to \\-aiL till he con1 e back, or I coHlcl hunt around furt h :>r, or n1aybe I bctLer go do\\-u hcnn :11Hl get i hem ready for the snrpri~r, if I wanted to. Bnt I said I didn't; sn l ioltl hin1 jn...;{ h<m- to liud the raft, a1Hl ihcn he :-.lartctl. I . truck :u1 i<lc'a, prl'l ty ·ooll. I ~ay s to Iny.·e1f, spos'n he can't fix thaL 1<'g' jn~t in tl1ree shake.· of a sheep's tail , as the ~a,\'"ing is r ~pos'n iL takeN hin1 three or four days? \\r}J;d arc we croin o· i o clo ?- la '-r aroun<l there till he lets the cat out of h h J lit~ bag r r u .-ir, I kno" "hat 1 'll <lo. I'll "\vaiL, and w1H\n It l'Olnc: back if he :ays lw'N got to go au. Dlorc, I'll geL cl0\n1 i ht>re, tno, if I swi1n; ancl we'll tak and tie hitn, atHl ke<'p hin1 and hove out <lowu the riY<'l'; and wh n Tom'N done wjth him, we'll give ltin1 whaL if: \rortl1, or all we got, and then let l tiin get a~horc. Ro then I crc·pt into a lu1nbcr pile to get son1e slrep; ancl next tin1e I \vaked np ihe ~nn wa aw<ly up over my l1 ad! f hot out and \vent for the doctor\; house, but they t old Inc he'd gone a\vay in the nigltt, ~on1c tirne or other, and warn 'L back yet. \Y<.~l1, t hi11 k.· I, that look: pow 'rful bad for Torn, and I'll U.A'ULJ:.: /SlLA ~ '. 4L:> dig out for the island, rigltL off. So a\vny s l1oved, and iurnecl the corner, and n arly ra1nn1cd my head into l r nc.le ~ •ila.··s stomach ! lie says : "Why, To?n! \V-her you been, all this tin1 ',you ra ·cal ? " "I hain't been no\vher .·,"I sny , "only jn.t huntincr for h . b t c runa\Yny n1gger- 1nr nn<l ~i<l.'' -- ... -,... ... .....-. - ~.. - .. - .. -- - ---......... .__ .. ' ~ --L~--... - - "\\rhy, where ev r did you go?'' h<' say:-;. • Your annL·~ been mighty unea y.'' " il1 e nee d n 't, '' I say. .. , " b ccau ' w was all r ight. \\\, followed the men and the dog·, but Lltcy outrun u , and we' |