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ybodysokeepthe
secret,andthenshoaholeinthehill,rightinthethickest
partofthebushesthenthecandles,andcrawledinonourhands
andkneesthenthecaveopenedup
tookedaboutangstthepassages,andprettysoonduckedunderawall
anoticedthattherealonga
narro,alldaandsyandld,
andtheresays:
”nosawyersgang
everybodythate
inblood”
everybodygotoutasheetofpaperthathehade
theoathon,andreadititsosticktotheband,and
nevertellanyofthesecrets;andifanybodydoneanythingtoanyboyin
theband,ily
stdoit,andhestnteatandhestntsleeptillhehadkilled
thendhackedacrossintheirbreasts,hesignoftheband
andnobodythatdidntbelongtothebanduldusethatrk,andifhe
didhestbesued;andifhedoneitagainhestbekilledandif
anybodythatbelongedtothebandtoldthesecrets,hesthavehis
throatcut,andthenhavehiscarcassbutupandtheashesscattered
allaround,andhisnablottedoffofthelisthbloodandnever
ntionedagainbythegang,buthaveacurseputonitandbeforgot
forever
everybodysaiditifhegotit
outofhisoeofit,buttherestof
piratebooksandrobberbooks,andeverygangthatonedhadit
sothoughtitiliesofboysthattoldthe
secretstoaiditookapencilandeit
inthenbenrogerssays:
”hereshuily;yougoingtodobout
hi
”sawyer
”yes,hesgotafather,butyoucantneverfindhihesedayshe
usedtolaydrunkhthehogsinthetanyard,buthehaintbeenseen
inthesepartsforayearorre”
theytalkeditover,andtheyeout,becausetheysaid
everyboysthaveafalyorsobodytokill,orelseitbe
fairandsquarefortheothershinkofanythingto
doeverybodyped,andsetstilliostreadytocry;but
allatonisssonthey
uldkillhereverybodysaid:
”oh,shelldothatsallrighthuckcanein”
thentheyallstuckapinintheirfingerstogetbloodtosignh,and
iderkonthepaper
”nosthelineofbusinessofthisgang”
”nothingonlyrobberyandrder,”toaid
”butorobhouses,orcattle,or”
”stuffstealingcattleandsuchthingsaintrobbery;itsburglary,”
saystoaburglarsthataintnosortofstylewe
arehighenopstagesandcarriagesontheroad,askson,
andkillthepeopleandtaketheironey”
”sthepeople”
”oh,ostly
itsnsideredbesttokillthexceptsothatyoubringtothecave
here,andkeeptheilltheyreransod”
”ransodsthat”
”idontknothatstheydoiveseenitinbooks;andso
ofursethatstodo”
”buthoifknoitis”
”eitall,odoitdontitellyouitsinthe
booksdoyousinthebooks,
andgetthingsallddledup”
”oh,thatsallveryfiosay,toahohenationare
thesefelloedif
thatsthethingitogetatnodoyoureckonitis”
”ed,
itansthattilltheyredead”
”noethinglikethatllansyousaidthat
beforetilltheyreransodtodeath;andabotherso
lottheyllbe,tooeatingupeverything,andalryingtoget
loose”
”hoalk,benrogershoheygetlooseheresaguard
overthereadytoshoottheooveapeg”
”aguardebodysgottosetupallnightand
nevergetanysleep,justsoastoithinkthats
foolishnessthessoonasthey
gethere”
”becauseitaintinthebookssothatswhynow,benrogers,doyou
todothingsregular,ordontyouthatstheideadontyou
readethebooksknostherrectthing
tododoyoureanythingnotbyagooddeal
no,sir,thentheregularway”
”allrightidontnd;butisayitsafoole
killtheen,too”
”onkill
theenno;nobodyeversahinginthebookslikethatyou
fetchtheothecave,andyoureal;and
byandbytheyfallinloveeany
re”
”hatstheagreed,butidonttakenostockinit
ghtysoonen,andfellows
ed,thattherebenoplacefortherobbers
butgoahead,iaintgotnothingtosay”
littletoybaesuphewas
sa,anddidnt
ore
sotheyalldefunofhiandcalledhirybaby,andthatdehibr >
d,andhesaidhe
givehiiveeet
nextebodyandkillsopeople
benrogerssaidheuldntgetoutch,onlysundays,andsoheed
tobeginnextsunday;butalltheboyssaiditodoit
onsunday,andthatsettledthethingtheyagreedtogettogetherand
fixadayassoonastheyuld,andthensa
e
icluuptheshedandcreptintobeforedaywas
breakingneheslayey,andiwas
dogtired
chapteriii
oingfroldsssonon
ayclothes;butthesld,butonlycleaned
offthegreaseandclay,and
... </P></TD>
ybodysokeepthe
secret,andthenshoaholeinthehill,rightinthethickest
partofthebushesthenthecandles,andcrawledinonourhands
andkneesthenthecaveopenedup
tookedaboutangstthepassages,andprettysoonduckedunderawall
anoticedthattherealonga
narro,alldaandsyandld,
andtheresays:
”nosawyersgang
everybodythate
inblood”
everybodygotoutasheetofpaperthathehade
theoathon,andreadititsosticktotheband,and
nevertellanyofthesecrets;andifanybodydoneanythingtoanyboyin
theband,ily
stdoit,andhestnteatandhestntsleeptillhehadkilled
thendhackedacrossintheirbreasts,hesignoftheband
andnobodythatdidntbelongtothebanduldusethatrk,andifhe
didhestbesued;andifhedoneitagainhestbekilledandif
anybodythatbelongedtothebandtoldthesecrets,hesthavehis
throatcut,andthenhavehiscarcassbutupandtheashesscattered
allaround,andhisnablottedoffofthelisthbloodandnever
ntionedagainbythegang,buthaveacurseputonitandbeforgot
forever
everybodysaiditifhegotit
outofhisoeofit,buttherestof
piratebooksandrobberbooks,andeverygangthatonedhadit
sothoughtitiliesofboysthattoldthe
secretstoaiditookapencilandeit
inthenbenrogerssays:
”hereshuily;yougoingtodobout
hi
”sawyer
”yes,hesgotafather,butyoucantneverfindhihesedayshe
usedtolaydrunkhthehogsinthetanyard,buthehaintbeenseen
inthesepartsforayearorre”
theytalkeditover,andtheyeout,becausetheysaid
everyboysthaveafalyorsobodytokill,orelseitbe
fairandsquarefortheothershinkofanythingto
doeverybodyped,andsetstilliostreadytocry;but
allatonisssonthey
uldkillhereverybodysaid:
”oh,shelldothatsallrighthuckcanein”
thentheyallstuckapinintheirfingerstogetbloodtosignh,and
iderkonthepaper
”nosthelineofbusinessofthisgang”
”nothingonlyrobberyandrder,”toaid
”butorobhouses,orcattle,or”
”stuffstealingcattleandsuchthingsaintrobbery;itsburglary,”
saystoaburglarsthataintnosortofstylewe
arehighenopstagesandcarriagesontheroad,askson,
andkillthepeopleandtaketheironey”
”sthepeople”
”oh,ostly
itsnsideredbesttokillthexceptsothatyoubringtothecave
here,andkeeptheilltheyreransod”
”ransodsthat”
”idontknothatstheydoiveseenitinbooks;andso
ofursethatstodo”
”buthoifknoitis”
”eitall,odoitdontitellyouitsinthe
booksdoyousinthebooks,
andgetthingsallddledup”
”oh,thatsallveryfiosay,toahohenationare
thesefelloedif
thatsthethingitogetatnodoyoureckonitis”
”ed,
itansthattilltheyredead”
”noethinglikethatllansyousaidthat
beforetilltheyreransodtodeath;andabotherso
lottheyllbe,tooeatingupeverything,andalryingtoget
loose”
”hoalk,benrogershoheygetlooseheresaguard
overthereadytoshoottheooveapeg”
”aguardebodysgottosetupallnightand
nevergetanysleep,justsoastoithinkthats
foolishnessthessoonasthey
gethere”
”becauseitaintinthebookssothatswhynow,benrogers,doyou
todothingsregular,ordontyouthatstheideadontyou
readethebooksknostherrectthing
tododoyoureanythingnotbyagooddeal
no,sir,thentheregularway”
”allrightidontnd;butisayitsafoole
killtheen,too”
”onkill
theenno;nobodyeversahinginthebookslikethatyou
fetchtheothecave,andyoureal;and
byandbytheyfallinloveeany
re”
”hatstheagreed,butidonttakenostockinit
ghtysoonen,andfellows
ed,thattherebenoplacefortherobbers
butgoahead,iaintgotnothingtosay”
littletoybaesuphewas
sa,anddidnt
ore
sotheyalldefunofhiandcalledhirybaby,andthatdehibr >
d,andhesaidhe
givehiiveeet
nextebodyandkillsopeople
benrogerssaidheuldntgetoutch,onlysundays,andsoheed
tobeginnextsunday;butalltheboyssaiditodoit
onsunday,andthatsettledthethingtheyagreedtogettogetherand
fixadayassoonastheyuld,andthensa
e
icluuptheshedandcreptintobeforedaywas
breakingneheslayey,andiwas
dogtired
chapteriii
oingfroldsssonon
ayclothes;butthesld,butonlycleaned
offthegreaseandclay,and
... </P></TD>