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Show 41 TJIJ·: AD VE'~',? ]'Tu? J>\ J''''-)' ()J·' JlUCI\.Ll?BERRr J.'JS_\'. 1 er' 'ti ])on ,~l 4L 11 ?llnr , ",, 'I'· ther ?.unz hlp, .. 'I;'n'ther' w t · · • t ,.1 . ther' · b n a dozen a-hc~lpiu' that wuz. a plent/J help, oo, , ' . . . 1· . 1 l' l 1.1 1_. , .01.v ln t 111gcr r on tlus p ,l t, Hlt r · • '11' I 1 ., y < , 111 < \ '- 1 ' b ntggei, ' ~ ·r '' find ont who don ~ it' . ·'I ; 'n. nloreover, ~, , . . . . . "A dozen sa ·s. you.' -f. 'or/1u' c~Jnldn t . a done v { 1) tl. nng that's b en done. T; 001 \_. c.l t tltcnl ca -knife aw: and ilung, ( · . t 1 , how tedious 1ey \T r 1) cen 111.1d . lock at. that bed-leg sn w d off < ' • wit! I 'ul, a w e1 { ' s WOl+ ' f OI. ix nl n '· look" at t lud nJQ, 'g, {'l' made oufn ~trnv; on tltc b d; and look ~t . . .. . . . . r "\on nwy 1.ve ll • ny 1• t , Br r ]hob -htower! Its JISt ,\s I \.\ (l . , . , . l)l ,1 ~ lli: own lf. S'e, what do /)Oil tlnnk n-snytn to Hu l tc p ' . , . ) ·1 . ·'[? . . If t 1 1_. . • ? tlnnk 0 what, Bre1 ll1c p~, . . of It' SI~ter o c l ..I ' ... . . .• 'I l . l· f . . k o, that b d-leg .. ·awed off that a way, c. tuu. o ~t, Us'uI?n I la.y it never snwed l·t sr)1. f o ff' . 'I -.sol~ body ," ~,U ?.l'ell 1t ' · 'I . t l at's Jny OI)I• l1I• 011' 4u l 1\-.e 1't <)I' ]e"ve 1t 1t JD:l)'ll t be no l" ' • 'S ' t lc 'I but ·ich ' ' 'f ' ' . f ' b d '1" 't j~ it',· my oplnlon, s ' n I c1l1,Y 0 y COUll ' s ' ( . . ' . ' ' 11 I . k'n start a bett r one, s'I, let hinl do It, s I that. n • ay . I ,, to Ri .. ·tcr Dunlap, s -- . . "\\'hy, dog my cat~, they lnu t a ben a hou e-full o nl~.gers · 1 'g11t for four we k~ to a done all that work, S1ster 1n t H'r every 111 '' . . Phc1 1> S. Look at that sbjrt - cvery last inch of It krven·d over with seer t Afn.c an wn·t ' n c1 0 11c Wl' tl1 blood •T Mustr ·ct bc>n, a ra• ft uv 'm at it right along, all the time, amost. "'\\ h~' I d gtve two dollars to have it reatl to m ; ' n ' as £o r tlH _ \ n 1bcrbcr er ·· Lhc·t t wrote it I 'I w I'd take ' n ' ] a~ l t ' lll t'll " "Pc~ple to help him, Brother Marples ! Well, .I reckon ou\l think so, if you'd a been in thi house for~ whdP back. ~rh they've tole everything I hey could lay th~n· baud· onandy~ e a watching, all the time, mind you. They ~tole that shirt. right off o' the line ! and as for that sheet they. nlade th~ l·ag ladder out of ther' ain't no telling how many tunes the.\ d(i cln(' t steal that; and flour, and candles, and cand1 e r1 c1·' '.ta nd spoons, and the old warming-pan, and most a thousand tlnng SI TER IIOTCIIKISI ·. 41D that I disrem mber, now, and my n w calico drP · · ; a 111 i me, and ~ ilas, and 1ny Sid and Torn on the con tant watch rlay a 1 ut night, as I wa.· a t lling yon, and not a one of u: could catch bide nor hair, nor sight nor ound of th m ; and here at t1 1 last minut , lo and behold you, th y lide right in under our noses, and fools u , and not onJ y fool us but the Jnj nu TPITitory robbers too, and actnly get ct/WCI./!f with that nio-g r, afp and ound, and that \vit h ixte n 1nen and twenty-two cloa. right on th ~r very heels a1. that v ry time ! I t il you, it jn~t bang anytlnng I ever heard of. '\rhy, lpe1·it, couldn't a don better, and been no marter. And I reckon th y 1nu:t a been sperit - b cau e, yon know our clog , and ther' ain't no b ttf•r; well, them clogs never even got on the tracl~ of 'n1, once! l~ ou explain that to 1n , if you can !-any of you ! " "V\rell, :it does b at-'' " Law alive, I never-- " So help Ine, I wouldn't a be--'' "/lou e-thieves a w 11 a '' "Cfooclne .. sgracioussak , I'd a ben afeanl to live iu ich a--" "'Frai<l to live .1-why, I was that scared T <la:n·t hardly go to bed, or get up, or lay down, or et down, 1-'i t r HidgPway. Why, t hey'cl steal the very-why, goodne: sak , you can gue s what kind of a fin. ter I was in by the tin1 1nidnight com last nig1tt. I hope to gracion if I warn t afrnid th y\l stcai some o' t l1e farnily! I was ju t to that pa .. s, I didn t hav 110 rea ·oning facultie ' no more. It look fooli. h n ugh, no?..u, in th day-time; but I says to my elf, there's my iwo poor boys asleep, 'way upstairs in that lone. om room, and I declar to goodness I was that uneasy 't I cr p' up ther and lock d 'e1n in ! I did. And anybody would. Becans , you know, when you get" cared, that way, and it keeps running on, and getting wor. and worse, all the tim , and your wits get to addling, and you g et to doing |
