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Show 4 :!G n'~king his fr<'<'U 1n to do it, and wa all 1 ir<'cl ont, i oo, and 1 :<'C plain enongh he'd hr('\11 work d n1ain hard, l_aiely .. I liked tlt, nigg 1· for that; I tell you, g(•ntlenl<:n, a 111ggE r lii-.P that i :-, worth a t ltonsancl dollar~-and kind treatment, 1 oo. 1 had Pveryt bing I nerd()d, and i h hoy was doing a~ \n·ll i h<'n' a.' h would a dmH' at ho1nc -het1 Pr, n1aybe, li cans · it wa. · ~o fJHi t ; TJIE DOCTOR SPI~AKS l<'OR JL\1. hnt ther I 1vus, with both of '1n on my haHds; and tlwrc I 1 1ad to Rt.ick, till about dawn this morning ; t heH smn<' lD<'H in a skiff co1n0 by, and as good luck wou]d havP it, t lH' 11iggrr \vas R<-'tting by th pall t with hi h ad propped on his kn~e , ~ound a.'lePp ; ."o I motioned 1 h )1n in, qui t, and t li('Y slipped up ou hint and gra bbPd hin1 and ti d hitn bc•fon· h<· Jnwwed 4_•).,. , whai he waH about, and we U<'V<'r had no l,ronbh'. And 1 h<' boy being in a kind of a flighty . h~ p, too, w 1nufH cl the oars and l1itclH•d the raft on, and towed h r ov r V('ry ni p and C)ni t and thP nigg r nrver 1nadp 1 h<> l a.·t row n r :-;aid a word, fnnn t lH . tart. li<\ ain't no bad nigg('r, gentlein< n; that's wl1at I think about hi1n.'' ~oln<~ body :-;ays : '' \\r <·11, it ~onnds \'<'ry good, doctor, l'm ohl <'Pged to :-;ay. ·· Th<•n ih l othPr~ ~oftenP<l np a little, too and I was 1nighiy thankful to i1Hlt l<..l doctor for doing Ji1n tl1at good t nrn; and I w;ts glad it wa · ace rclin()' to Jny judgtn<·nt of hi1n, too; bccaus I thought h had a good h art in hin1 aBel wa, a good 1nan, th fir:-:;t ti1n Is e hitn. Tit •n tlt<'v all tlO'rcccl t1wt Ji1n had acted very well, and wa~ dc:::)Cf\'ing ~to ha \'C ~OJn noti c<' took of it, nnd r ward. ~o very on of th 111 pnnni C'cl, right out and hearty, 1 hat th cy wouldn't en hin1 no 1nor . Then tbey l'OlllC out and lnckrd hiln np. r hoped tl 1<'.Y wa:-. going to say h could have 011 or two of the elwin:-; took off, bccmL'c they \VH~ rott n hea\·y, or could hnv 1ncat and oTcen , with his l)r \ad and \\·at r, hnt they didn't thiHk of it nnd 1 reckoned it warn 't be t for 1n to 1nix in b~tt I judged rd a- ~t th doctor'' yarn to Aunt ~ally, son1 how or oih ~r, as soon a · fd got through t h break r. that \Yas lnying just ah 'a(l of mr. Explanations, I 1ncan, of bow I forgot to 1n nt icm about ~icl bcjng .·hot, wh n I vva.· telling how hi1n and 1n put in that dratted night paddling anntnd hunting th rnnaway niggrr. But I had pl nty tin1 . Aunt Sally he .'tuck to the . i k-rooin all cby and all night; and every tin1 I · U nclc ~ila nwoning around, I doclg cl him. X xt Jnorning I heard T01n " ·a.· a good deal b tL r, and they aiel Aunt Sally wa aon to g t a nap. So I slip to th ick-roo1n, and if I found him awak I r ckon d we could put up a ynrn for the fan1ily that would \Ya.'h. Bnt h ~ \ra · sleeping, |