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goilanded,andsloppedthroughthetier
anduptheridgeandintothecavetherejiaid,soundasleepon
thegroundirousedhiutandsays:
”gitupandhuyourself,jihereaintanutetolosetheyre
afterus”
jieveraskednoquestions,heneversaidathewayheworked
forthenexthalfanhourshoe
everythinghe,andsheobe
shovedoutfrohep
fireatthecavethefirstthing,anddidntshoside
afterthat
itookthetheshorealittlepiece,andtookalook;but
iftherearoundiuldntseeit,forstarsandshado
goodtoseebythenouttheraftandslippedalongdohe
shade,pastthefootoftheislanddeadstillneversayingaword
chapterxii
itstabeencloseontooneoclockbeloheislandat
last,andtheraftdidseeogoghtysloe
alongotaketothecanoeandbreakfortheillinoisshore;
andite,foreverthoughttoputthe
guninthecanoe,orafishingline,oranythingtoeatwewasin
ruthertoochofasanythingsitgood
judgnttoputeverythingontheraft
ifthenpfirei
built,andtoeanyheystayed
aus,andifbuildingthefireneverfooledthetno
faultofneiplayeditasloasiuld
hefirststreakofdaybegantoshoieduptoatowheadina
bigbendontheillinoisside,andhackedoffttonh
thehatchet,andvereduptheraftsoshelookedlikethere
hadbeenacaveininthebankthereatohathas
ttonasthickasharroeeth
ountainsonthessourishoreandheavytierontheillinois
side,andthechannelissourishoreatthatplace,sowe
afraidofanybodyrunningacrossushereallday,and
boatsspindoissourishore,and
upboundsteaoatsfightthebigriverintheddleitoldjill
aboutthetiihadjabberingan;andjiaidshewasa
srtone,andifsheostartafterusherselfshesetdown
andpfireno,sir,shedfetchadoghen,isaid,
saidhebetshe
didthinkofitbythetithenostart,andhebelieved
theystagoneuptoe,or
elseilebelohe
villageno,indeedy,eoldtownagainsoisaid
ididntcarehereasontheydidntgetusaslongasthey
didnt
eondarkofthe
ttonhicket,andlookedupanddohinginsight;
sojiookupsoofthetopplanksoftheraftandbuiltasnug
togetunderinblazingherandrainy,andtokeepthethingsdry
jiadeafloorforthe,andraiseditafootorreabovethe
leveloftheraft,sonoheblanketsandallthetrapsofreach
ofsteaoatiddleoftheadealayerof
dirtaboutfiveorsixinchesdeepearounditfortoholdit
toitsplace;thisobuildafireoninsloppyherorchilly;
thebeingseenadeanextrasteeringoar,
too,beightgetbrokeonasnagorsothing
forkedsticktohangtheoldlanteon,becausewe
stalboating
do,tokeepfroettingrunover;buthavetolight
itforupstreaoatsunlesstheycalla
”crossing”;fortherivertyhighyet,veryloill
alittleunderer;soupboundboatsdidntalhechannel,
buthuntedeasyer
thissendnighthours,hacurrent
thatakingoverfourleanhourchedfishandtalked,and
nohentokeepoffsleepinessitwaskindof
sole,driftingdohebig,stillriver,layingonourbackslooking
upatthestars,andeverfeelliketalkingloud,andit
oftenthattlekindofalohucklewehad
ghtygoodherasageneralthing,andnothingeverhappenedtous
atallthatnight,northenext,northenext
everynighteofthekhillsides,
nothingbutjustashinybedoflights;notahouseuldyouseethe
fifthnightlouis,anditheup
instpetersburgtheyusedtosaythereyorthirtythousand
peopleinstlouis,butineverbelievedittilliseethatwonderful
spreadoflightsatthatstillnightthereasound
there;everybodywasasleep
everynightnoelittle
village,andbuytenorfifteencentsealorbanorother
stufftoeat;andsotisiliftedachickenthatroosting
fortable,andtookhilongpapalakeachickenwhen
yougetachance,becauseifyoudontyourselfyoucaneasy
findsobodythatdoes,andagooddeedainteverforgotineversee
papself,butthatisheusedto
say,anyway
ingsbeforedaylightislippedintofieldsandborroweda
elon,orashlon,orapunkin,orsonehingsof
thatkindpapaltoborrohingsifyouwas
aningtopaytheae;buttheanything
butasoftnaforstealing,andnodecentbodysaid
hereckonedthelyrightandpaplyright;sothe
bestthelist
andsayanyrethenhereckoneditbe
noharoborroheotherssoalkeditoverallonenight,
driftingalongdoakeupoudsherto
droptheelons,ortheushlons,orbut
toitallsettledsatisfactory,andncludedto
dropcrabapplesandpsionsrightbeforethat,
butitfortablenoeout,too,
bensberipe
fortonthsyet
aw
... </P></TD>
goilanded,andsloppedthroughthetier
anduptheridgeandintothecavetherejiaid,soundasleepon
thegroundirousedhiutandsays:
”gitupandhuyourself,jihereaintanutetolosetheyre
afterus”
jieveraskednoquestions,heneversaidathewayheworked
forthenexthalfanhourshoe
everythinghe,andsheobe
shovedoutfrohep
fireatthecavethefirstthing,anddidntshoside
afterthat
itookthetheshorealittlepiece,andtookalook;but
iftherearoundiuldntseeit,forstarsandshado
goodtoseebythenouttheraftandslippedalongdohe
shade,pastthefootoftheislanddeadstillneversayingaword
chapterxii
itstabeencloseontooneoclockbeloheislandat
last,andtheraftdidseeogoghtysloe
alongotaketothecanoeandbreakfortheillinoisshore;
andite,foreverthoughttoputthe
guninthecanoe,orafishingline,oranythingtoeatwewasin
ruthertoochofasanythingsitgood
judgnttoputeverythingontheraft
ifthenpfirei
built,andtoeanyheystayed
aus,andifbuildingthefireneverfooledthetno
faultofneiplayeditasloasiuld
hefirststreakofdaybegantoshoieduptoatowheadina
bigbendontheillinoisside,andhackedoffttonh
thehatchet,andvereduptheraftsoshelookedlikethere
hadbeenacaveininthebankthereatohathas
ttonasthickasharroeeth
ountainsonthessourishoreandheavytierontheillinois
side,andthechannelissourishoreatthatplace,sowe
afraidofanybodyrunningacrossushereallday,and
boatsspindoissourishore,and
upboundsteaoatsfightthebigriverintheddleitoldjill
aboutthetiihadjabberingan;andjiaidshewasa
srtone,andifsheostartafterusherselfshesetdown
andpfireno,sir,shedfetchadoghen,isaid,
saidhebetshe
didthinkofitbythetithenostart,andhebelieved
theystagoneuptoe,or
elseilebelohe
villageno,indeedy,eoldtownagainsoisaid
ididntcarehereasontheydidntgetusaslongasthey
didnt
eondarkofthe
ttonhicket,andlookedupanddohinginsight;
sojiookupsoofthetopplanksoftheraftandbuiltasnug
togetunderinblazingherandrainy,andtokeepthethingsdry
jiadeafloorforthe,andraiseditafootorreabovethe
leveloftheraft,sonoheblanketsandallthetrapsofreach
ofsteaoatiddleoftheadealayerof
dirtaboutfiveorsixinchesdeepearounditfortoholdit
toitsplace;thisobuildafireoninsloppyherorchilly;
thebeingseenadeanextrasteeringoar,
too,beightgetbrokeonasnagorsothing
forkedsticktohangtheoldlanteon,becausewe
stalboating
do,tokeepfroettingrunover;buthavetolight
itforupstreaoatsunlesstheycalla
”crossing”;fortherivertyhighyet,veryloill
alittleunderer;soupboundboatsdidntalhechannel,
buthuntedeasyer
thissendnighthours,hacurrent
thatakingoverfourleanhourchedfishandtalked,and
nohentokeepoffsleepinessitwaskindof
sole,driftingdohebig,stillriver,layingonourbackslooking
upatthestars,andeverfeelliketalkingloud,andit
oftenthattlekindofalohucklewehad
ghtygoodherasageneralthing,andnothingeverhappenedtous
atallthatnight,northenext,northenext
everynighteofthekhillsides,
nothingbutjustashinybedoflights;notahouseuldyouseethe
fifthnightlouis,anditheup
instpetersburgtheyusedtosaythereyorthirtythousand
peopleinstlouis,butineverbelievedittilliseethatwonderful
spreadoflightsatthatstillnightthereasound
there;everybodywasasleep
everynightnoelittle
village,andbuytenorfifteencentsealorbanorother
stufftoeat;andsotisiliftedachickenthatroosting
fortable,andtookhilongpapalakeachickenwhen
yougetachance,becauseifyoudontyourselfyoucaneasy
findsobodythatdoes,andagooddeedainteverforgotineversee
papself,butthatisheusedto
say,anyway
ingsbeforedaylightislippedintofieldsandborroweda
elon,orashlon,orapunkin,orsonehingsof
thatkindpapaltoborrohingsifyouwas
aningtopaytheae;buttheanything
butasoftnaforstealing,andnodecentbodysaid
hereckonedthelyrightandpaplyright;sothe
bestthelist
andsayanyrethenhereckoneditbe
noharoborroheotherssoalkeditoverallonenight,
driftingalongdoakeupoudsherto
droptheelons,ortheushlons,orbut
toitallsettledsatisfactory,andncludedto
dropcrabapplesandpsionsrightbeforethat,
butitfortablenoeout,too,
bensberipe
fortonthsyet
aw
... </P></TD>