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Show TilE AJJT-E'STCRHS 01', llU~C)li.·..- L~ EBE,J.>.,, L7,l > 1r 1•'1 .il''~-.\T. nntl .·lecpincr \·cry peaceful, too; an<..l pale, not iirc-faec\tl the way l1 ) wa~ w·h n 1H\ co1n ). So I l"Cl down and laid for l1in1 to wake. In ahont a l1alf an hour, Annt Nally COJU s gliding in and there I \Ya~ np a .·ttunp again ! Nhe n1otion \d HH' to be still, an<..l ~et do\Vl1 by llH\ aud begun to \\·hi ·p \r, an(l ~•titl WP conlcl all ht• joyfuluow, hccau~c all the y1nptoms \vns iind rat<\, and l1e'cl hcnn sleeping like that for ever so long, and looki11g better <llHl peacefnller all the i.i1ne, and ten to one ht'\l wak \ up in hi" right 111ind. Bo we ~<'t there \'.~atLhing, aJHl b.y-an<l-hy he ·Lir.· a bit, and opened hi~ t'.Y<'s Yery natural, ancl take. a look and ~my. · : '" 1Ie1lo wl1y l'n1 at ho?nf .' ] fow\; that ? \\Th re\; tlH.\ raft?'' , .. It . all right;' r says. "And Jirn?" "The . mne," I Ray:-;, hnt eon1<ln 't ~ay iL prctt y bra.·h. Hnt h uev<'r not icrcl, but 1-i<ly. · : 'Uood! Nplruclid! .. :'(ow we're a1l right an<l .·afe! Did you t ell annty?" I was going to .·ay .yes; hui ~he chipp(ld in an<l .·nys: "About \\hat, Hi<l? ., H \Yhy, about the way the whol<' thing \Yel.' done.'' '' \\rhat \vho1c thing ? ·· '' \Yhy, tlte \\hole thing. Thrre ain't hut one; ho\Y \n' :-;et th ' rnuawny uigg r free- Jne <tncl T(nn. • '" O·oc><l land ! Set the run- \Yhat ,is the chil<l talking about! Dear, <lear, out of hi: heacl again! '' '" ... Y-o, I ain't out of 111y IlEAD; I l·no\v all what. I'lll talking about. \V. 'dicl. · •t hi1n free- 1ne ancl 'i,oin. \\relaid out t.o clo it, and we done it. A1l(l we (lone it 1egant, too." lic'd got a start, and she never ch eked hi1n up, j n t set and stared and stared, and let hin1 clip along, and I ·cc it warn'i no u ·e for 'rne to put in. "\Yhy, Auuty, jl co. t u: a power of work-w leks of ithour. · and hour;·, ev ry night, whil. t you wa all a leep. And l :20 w<\ had to st nl cnnclle.·, and the .·h <'l nncl L11r l"hirt, :ind yunr dn'ss, and . poon., and tin plate~, a1Hl ra~e-knive~, <nHl t 11(' \Varmino·-pan, and the grind.ton and flonr, ~llH.l ju:t 110 ('lld of thingl", and y n can't think wh<lt \vork it wa.· to lnak<' t h , nw.·, ancl p 'n~ , and inscript io11s, and OlH' il1ing or anotl1er, nud you rnn't think hulf the fun it \V<.l • And we l1acl to 1nak(· ttp the picture~ of coffins rtlHl things, and nonn<nnons lett cr:-; f'ron 1 t l1e robb r., and bact Hl> and d<nvn the 1iQ'ht:r1iilcr-ro<1 ancl clio· l l .l b ' h the J10le into the cabin, and llHtkc th rope-ladder and . encl it in cooked up in a pie, and .·encl in .·poo11s and t lting:-; to work with, in your apron po ·ket "-- " :\lercy . ·ake ! ' --"and lon<l np the en bin with rats nnd :-;nak('s and f'O on, for cornpany for J i:rn ; and t h "ln you kept 1'0111 here . ·o lo11 cr with the butter in hiFi hat that yon come near :-;piling th whole· busin . , b can ·c t h) lllcn co1n be~ re w was out of t b cabin an<l we had to rush, and they heard us and let dri n\ ai u~ and' I got 1ny . hare, and \V dodgecl out of t h ~ path and let t h 'JU go by, and \vhen the clog. co1ne th y warn't inter st d in u::;, but \vent for th 1nost noi. , and w got our canor, and 1nnde for the raft, and wa~ all safe, and Jim \va. · a fr 1nan, and we done it all by ourselves, and 1uasn'l it bully, Aunty! ·· "W 11, I never h ard th likes of it in all 1ny born day:! ~ o it wa. you, you littl rap. c~llions, that's b en Jnctkincr all this trouble, and turn c1 v rybody. wit cl an in. ·icl out an<l . cared u. all mo. ·t to death. I ve as go d a notion a · ey r I ll~Hl in 1ny life, to tak it out o' yon this very 1ninute. To think, here I've been, night aft r nigbt, a-yo~t ju. t g t well once, you young . camp, and I lay I'll tan the Old 1 farry out o, hot h c) ye ! '' J~ut 'l'o1n, he ~vas ~·o })roud and joyful, he ju:t couldn't hold in, and hi· tongue ju t went it- she a-chipping in, and .pitting fire all along, and both of theu1 going it at once, ]ike a atconv ntion ; and she sCly.' : |