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byandbysheealong,andshedriftedinsoclosethattheyulda
runoutaplankandosteverybodyheboatpap,
andjudgethatsawyer,
andhisoldauntpolly,andsidandry,andplentyreeverybodywas
talkingabouttherder,butthecaptainbrokeinandsays:
”looksharp,noaybehes
ongstthebrushattheersedgei
hopeso,anyway”
”ididnthopesotheyallcroherails,nearly
inface,andkeptstill,ightiuldsee
theirstrate,buttheyuldntseethenthecaptainsungout:
”standaethatit
dedeefoke,andi
judgediebulletsin,ireckontheyda
gottherpsetheyer,thanksto
goodnesstheboatfloatedonandoutofsightaroundtheshoulder
oftheislandiuldheartheboongnohen,furtherand
furtheroff,andbyandby,afteranhour,ididnthearitnorethe
islandilelongijudgedtheyhadgottothefoot,andwas
givingitupbuttheydidntyetauedaroundthefoot
oftheislandandstarteduptheissouriside,under
steaandboongonceinaheyicrossedovertothat
sideandheygotabreasttheheadoftheislandthey
quitshootinganddroppedovertothessourishoreandetothe
town
iknoeahuntingafter
igottrapsoutoftheadeanicecainthethick
adeakindofatentoutofblanketstoputthingsunder
sotherainuldntgetattheicatchedacatfishandhaggledhibr >
openysaycafireandhad
supperthenisetoutaliocatchsofishforbreakfast
pfiresking,andfeelingprettywell
satisfied;butbyandbyitgotsortofloneso,andsoiandset
onthebankandlistenedtothecurrentsedthe
starsanddriftlogsandraftsthatedohentobed;
thereaintnobetteree;youcant
stayso,yousoongetoverit
andsoforthreedaysandnightsnodifferencejustthesathing
butthenextdayiexploringarounddohroughtheislandiwas
bossofit;itallbelongedto,sotosay,andiedtoknowall
aboutit;butinlyieifoundplenty
strae;andgreensuergrapes,andgreen
razberries;andthegreenblackberriesbeginningtoshohey
ehandybyandby,ijudged
hedeepillijudgedifar
frohefootoftheislandihadgunalong,butihadntshot
nothing;iteganighho
aboutthistiightynearsteppedonagoodsizedsnake,andit
slidingoffthroughthegrassandfloerit,tryingtoget
ashotatiticlippedalong,andallofasuddeniboundedrightonto
theashesofacafirethatoking
heartjuedupangstlungsineveredfortolookfurther,
butunckedgunandytiptoesasfastasever
iuldeverynoongstthethickleaves
andlistened,butbreathesohardiuldntheaothingelsei
slunkalonganotherpiecefurther,thenlistenedagain;andsoon,andso
onifiseeastu,itookitforan;ifitrodonastickand
brokeit,itdefeellikeapersonhadybreathsintwo
andionlygothalf,andtheshorthalf,too
piuchsandin
craetobefoolingaroundsoigot
alltrapsintooutofsight,andi
putoutthefireandscatteredtheashesaroundtolooklikeanoldlast
yearsca,andthencluatree
ireckonihetreetididntseenothing,i
didntheaothingionlythoughtiheardandseenaschasa
thousandthingsstayupthereforever;soatlasti
gotdoe
alliuldgettoeatbreakfast
bythetiitityhungrysowasgoodand
darkislidoutfrohorebeforeonriseandpaddledovertothe
illinoisbankaboutaquarterofaleioutinthewoodsand
okedasupper,andihadaboutdeupndiaythereall
nightyself,
horsesing;andnextihearpeoplesvoicesigoteverythinginto
thecanoeasquickasiuld,andthencreepingthroughthewoods
toseeansay:
”phereifhehorsesisabout
beatoutletslookaround”
ididnt,butshovedoutandpaddledaiedupinthe
oldplace,andreckonedihecanoe
ididntsleepchiuldnt,sohoe
iebodyhadbythenecksothesleepdidntdo
nogoodbyandbyisaystoself,icantlivethis
agoingtofindoute;ill
finditoutorbustbetterrightoff
soitookpaddleandslidoutfrohorejustasteporthen
letthecanoedropalongdoongsttheshadooonwasshining,
andoutsideoftheshadoadeitstaslightasdayipoked
alongoanhour,everythingstillasrocksandsoundasleep
eiostdoothefootoftheislandalittle
ripply,olbreezebeguntoblohathe
nightdoneigiveheratuhthepaddleandbrungher
nosetoshore;thenigotgunandslippedoutandintotheedgeofthe
dohereonalog,andlookedoutthroughtheleavesi
seetheongooffch,andthedarknessbegintoblankettheriver
butinalittlereakoverthetreetops,andknowed
thedayingsoitookgunandslippedofftowardswhereihad
runapfire,stoppingeverynuteortolistenbuti
hadntnolucksohotofindtheplacebutbyand
by,sureenough,icatchedagliseoffireahroughthetrees
... </P></TD>
byandbysheealong,andshedriftedinsoclosethattheyulda
runoutaplankandosteverybodyheboatpap,
andjudgethatsawyer,
andhisoldauntpolly,andsidandry,andplentyreeverybodywas
talkingabouttherder,butthecaptainbrokeinandsays:
”looksharp,noaybehes
ongstthebrushattheersedgei
hopeso,anyway”
”ididnthopesotheyallcroherails,nearly
inface,andkeptstill,ightiuldsee
theirstrate,buttheyuldntseethenthecaptainsungout:
”standaethatit
dedeefoke,andi
judgediebulletsin,ireckontheyda
gottherpsetheyer,thanksto
goodnesstheboatfloatedonandoutofsightaroundtheshoulder
oftheislandiuldheartheboongnohen,furtherand
furtheroff,andbyandby,afteranhour,ididnthearitnorethe
islandilelongijudgedtheyhadgottothefoot,andwas
givingitupbuttheydidntyetauedaroundthefoot
oftheislandandstarteduptheissouriside,under
steaandboongonceinaheyicrossedovertothat
sideandheygotabreasttheheadoftheislandthey
quitshootinganddroppedovertothessourishoreandetothe
town
iknoeahuntingafter
igottrapsoutoftheadeanicecainthethick
adeakindofatentoutofblanketstoputthingsunder
sotherainuldntgetattheicatchedacatfishandhaggledhibr >
openysaycafireandhad
supperthenisetoutaliocatchsofishforbreakfast
pfiresking,andfeelingprettywell
satisfied;butbyandbyitgotsortofloneso,andsoiandset
onthebankandlistenedtothecurrentsedthe
starsanddriftlogsandraftsthatedohentobed;
thereaintnobetteree;youcant
stayso,yousoongetoverit
andsoforthreedaysandnightsnodifferencejustthesathing
butthenextdayiexploringarounddohroughtheislandiwas
bossofit;itallbelongedto,sotosay,andiedtoknowall
aboutit;butinlyieifoundplenty
strae;andgreensuergrapes,andgreen
razberries;andthegreenblackberriesbeginningtoshohey
ehandybyandby,ijudged
hedeepillijudgedifar
frohefootoftheislandihadgunalong,butihadntshot
nothing;iteganighho
aboutthistiightynearsteppedonagoodsizedsnake,andit
slidingoffthroughthegrassandfloerit,tryingtoget
ashotatiticlippedalong,andallofasuddeniboundedrightonto
theashesofacafirethatoking
heartjuedupangstlungsineveredfortolookfurther,
butunckedgunandytiptoesasfastasever
iuldeverynoongstthethickleaves
andlistened,butbreathesohardiuldntheaothingelsei
slunkalonganotherpiecefurther,thenlistenedagain;andsoon,andso
onifiseeastu,itookitforan;ifitrodonastickand
brokeit,itdefeellikeapersonhadybreathsintwo
andionlygothalf,andtheshorthalf,too
piuchsandin
craetobefoolingaroundsoigot
alltrapsintooutofsight,andi
putoutthefireandscatteredtheashesaroundtolooklikeanoldlast
yearsca,andthencluatree
ireckonihetreetididntseenothing,i
didntheaothingionlythoughtiheardandseenaschasa
thousandthingsstayupthereforever;soatlasti
gotdoe
alliuldgettoeatbreakfast
bythetiitityhungrysowasgoodand
darkislidoutfrohorebeforeonriseandpaddledovertothe
illinoisbankaboutaquarterofaleioutinthewoodsand
okedasupper,andihadaboutdeupndiaythereall
nightyself,
horsesing;andnextihearpeoplesvoicesigoteverythinginto
thecanoeasquickasiuld,andthencreepingthroughthewoods
toseeansay:
”phereifhehorsesisabout
beatoutletslookaround”
ididnt,butshovedoutandpaddledaiedupinthe
oldplace,andreckonedihecanoe
ididntsleepchiuldnt,sohoe
iebodyhadbythenecksothesleepdidntdo
nogoodbyandbyisaystoself,icantlivethis
agoingtofindoute;ill
finditoutorbustbetterrightoff
soitookpaddleandslidoutfrohorejustasteporthen
letthecanoedropalongdoongsttheshadooonwasshining,
andoutsideoftheshadoadeitstaslightasdayipoked
alongoanhour,everythingstillasrocksandsoundasleep
eiostdoothefootoftheislandalittle
ripply,olbreezebeguntoblohathe
nightdoneigiveheratuhthepaddleandbrungher
nosetoshore;thenigotgunandslippedoutandintotheedgeofthe
dohereonalog,andlookedoutthroughtheleavesi
seetheongooffch,andthedarknessbegintoblankettheriver
butinalittlereakoverthetreetops,andknowed
thedayingsoitookgunandslippedofftowardswhereihad
runapfire,stoppingeverynuteortolistenbuti
hadntnolucksohotofindtheplacebutbyand
by,sureenough,icatchedagliseoffireahroughthetrees
... </P></TD>