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Show drowndcd, ancl 1night he laying at this 1ninutc, somewheres, :nffl)rinrr r cl )ad an<.l ·h not by hin1 io help hin1, and so the t an~ would drip <.1 wn,, il nt, and I w nlcl t ll b r that ~id wa: all rirrht, and wonl<l b · ho1ne in the Inorning, .~nr ; and she would ~qn eze n1y hand, n·nwyb ki~ .· Ill<, allcl t ll 1ne to .. ay it again, and keep on snying it, b <:ausc it don<.) her good, ancl .-hl' w;L· in . o HnH:h troubl ). Antl when Bhe wa going away, ~he looked down in n1y eye:-;, .-o ·teacly and gentle, and say. : "The <.loor ain't going to be lock d, Tom; and th<.'rP's th window antl t h rod ; bnt yon,ll be good, 1con't you? A11d you won't go? For Jlllf :-;ake:' Law , know.- l ·7ca llted t g ba<.l enough, to ec aboHi Tom and wa~ all i1li cncliug to go; but after thnt, I "\Vouldn't a went not for kingdon1:-;. Bnt slH\ wa. 011 Jll,Y 1nincl, <lncl Ton1 wa.- on 1ny ntind; :o I .-I pt Yer.v re.-Ue ·:-;. And twice I w 'nt clown the rod, a \vay in t ltc night, aucl slip1H'd around front, and, e hers tting there hy her cnn<ll · in t h<· \rindoYr with her ey . towards i he road and the tear~ in tl1e1n; and I wi ·hcd I could do somethin cr for h her, but I conldn 't, only to swear that I 'Youldn ,t n rv<'r do nothing to grie,·c her any more. Ancl the third ti1ne, I waked up at dawn, an<ll-ilid clown, and. she "\va. then' yet, and. her candl was n1o~i oni, ancl hPr lJ gray h<.•ad wa. r sting on lH·r hand, and :he wa. · a. l('<'p. \ . . .~- - ---~------- _ .. ' ,~· , ,. 11.., • 1\110 · ~ , 'f(}i\1 :i' A WYEH. WOU~DED. f oJd ll1al1 "\Va · up lOWU again, b for0 breakfast, hnt conldn,t g<'L 110 t nwk of T01n ; and both of t l1 111 SCul at, the table, thinkincr b' and not f.:aying no-t lting, and 1ooki no· b Jnournfnl, ancl th ir <:offc<' g ttiltg cold, and 11ot eat anything. A11d by-and-l)y the old Jn;nl , ay · : '" Dicl I gi \ "C yoH the 1 tt er? ., ' V\rhat 1 'l ter ~ ·· 'Th' on • ,Yl\st erclay ont I got of the ' No, you didn't gi v me no letter:· "\Vell, I Inu,'t a forgot it." po.t-office. ·· io It<' rnnunaged hi· pock is, aHcl tlt<'n went off somewhere. ~here h l~arl 1aid it down, and f('iclt Jd it, cUHl give it to her. ~he says: |