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Show 41G TilE .ADrE. Y. TURE OF IIUCJ{LEBERRl~ FI4Y.. Y. . lot th 111 ; huL w thought we heard the1n on the water, o we uo t a can a< l1d •l oo1 '~- 0 nt after th In, and cro ed over bnt h 11 't fi l not}11' 11 c-r of thetn · so \VC crui d along up- hon~ ( • t n1 c n n c h ' . 1 ill we o·ot kind of tired antl beat out ; and tt ~cl up th canoe :tn< l ''. rn-. t •L o , ·1 (\11 ' c· 1nd neYer ''"a keel U}> till about an1 ' ho• nr ago, ' thenwc- paddlrclov rhereto l1ear thP new:;, antl i'-lul:-;nt the po~t -office to see what he can hear, and l.'tn a :1rancl) ing .:)nt to <rrt ,mneihing- t cat for us, mHl tl1rn \re re g01ng 1toliH'. h ~0 then ,~-t~ ''" nt to the post-office to g t " Rid ··; bnt j u t n" r suspicion rt1, lH~ w~un 't t l1erc ; :-:o i ~ 1 \ old nwn he g~~ a l~U~r nnt oft l1e offic nncl \rc ,,·aitr<l :1 wlnl long r hut :--;HI c1H1n t come·; so the\ old 111nn , ai(l Ctnne along, Jet Hid foot it· hornr, or <'anoe-it, ,d H'n he got done fooling· around-bnt we \\·onltlridc. 1 couldn't gC't l1in1 to let lnP stny nncl \ntit for Sitl; and ltc said there Wilrn't. no u~r in it, and I Jnn.t co1ne along, illHl l<'f i\nnL ~allv tiC<' \H~ wa. all rigid. \r1 1('n we\ <rot l1mne, Annt :--;a]h· \Ya that gla<l to .'ec' n1c h • :--lte laughed a11d criccl hot l1, an<l l111gged 1ne, and give nH\ one nf t ] 1 cn~ licki11g·s of h<'rn t !tat <1nn't mnount to I lru ks, and said ;-;lt()'d ,'rrve f-;i<l the sa1nr when l1 coln<'. A11<l tlte place \Yas plnmb fnll of fanners and fann <'L' wi\'C~, to <1inner; an<l , uclt anotl1cr elc1ck a body never l1 ennl. Old :\In:. I I otc It kiss was the \ron.;t ; her tongue " ·as a going all Uw t i me. S h P sn v. : "'\"'ell, Si~t \r I>help. , I've ran . ackcd t.ltat-air cabin over an' I b']ievc the 11igg r \Ya cnu~y . I says so to Sister J)aJnrelldidn 't 1, Sisler Darnrell ?-s'I, hP ·~ crazy, s'I- thPnt 's the very words I ·nid. ) ... on all lwarn 1ne: h 's crazy, s'f; ev<'ryt.l1ing ~!tows it, s'I. Look at that-air grindstone, s'I ; want to tc1l 'JJ/(1 't any cretur 'l in hi right mind '. agoin' t , crabhle all t l1e1n craz.v thin ,.a..., s on to a grinclston , s'I? 1[ lre . ich 'n' sich a per. on bu --ted hi , heart ; 'n' here so n' so p ggrd along for t ltirt y-seyen year, ~n all that-natch rl son o' J.Joui . o1ncbody, Ill 'n' ·iclt cv rla ·L'n rubbag·e. says in t.lte fu.·t place, ii 's what I say· la.·t 'n' all tit<' Neboko<><lneezcr, ·'I.'' 1ft' '.' phunh tTd.~,.Y, / I ; il \:; ,, h;li I '' l1at I .'<lys in the Jni<ldl u, ·u· if '...; ti1ne --the nigger'~ craz.y <'raz) ·~ ''An' look at that-air ladder 1na<1c ouL'11 l"lc:r· ! 1'-..!J<'l' J[ t 1 ( b' ' ~ u l l) (' 1- ki I,'' Rnys olcl .::\lr ·. J)anll'c11, 'wlmt in t I1c nnmc 0 ' gooclne:--...; could h ever ,,.,u1t of ,, l "The very \vords 1 was a- '<I yin' no longer ago t b ·n tlti~ minute to Si,'ter Utterback, 'n, , he'll tell you :o h<'l'!-i<'lf. ~h- 0 L D .\I H~. If OTC IT 1\ J :-iS. s~e, look at t hat-air ra o- ladd0r, . h-. he ; 'n' s'l, y H, fool.· :li il, s I-what cot£lcl he a \vantecl of it, 'I? Sh- ·h~, Si. ·t<'r 1 fot<'ltkis~·, sh- he " ''But how· in the nation'd tlwy ever uit that gri11d~tone ln there, any-\vay? 'n' ·who clng that-air hole! 'n' \vho---" . "My very tuorcls, J)rcr P :\nro l ! I wa a-, ayin'-pa~s tl1i1 Lair sasser o' m'Jasses, won't y ?- I wa a-sa yin' to Hi~ter Dunlap, jist this Ininute, how (li(l they git that grin<l~tone in there, s'I. Without heljJ, 1nincl you-'thout help I Thar's |