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er,fled
tothisuntryabouttheendofthelastcentury,tobreathethepure
airoffreedorriedhere,anddied,leavingason,hisoher
dyingaboutthesatithesendsonofthelatedukeseizedthe
titlesandestatestheinfantrealdukethelineal
destherightfuldukeofbridgeer;and
herea,forlo,tofroyhighestate,huntedofn,despisedby
theldbroken,anddegradedtothe
panionshipoffelonsonaraft”
jiitiedhiverso,but
hesaidituchuse,heuldntbechforted;saidifwewas
andtoaoregoodthanstanything
else;soellushoto
bo,andsay”yourgraylord,”or”your
lordship”andheinditifplain
”bridgee;and
oneofusoughttoatdinner,anddoanylittlethingforhibr >
heeddone
hatstood
aroundand,andsays,”eodisor
soodat”andsoon,andabodyuldseeitightypleasingto
hi
buttheoldngotprettysilentbyandbydidnthavechtosay,and
didntlookprettyfortableoverallthatpettingthatwasgoingon
aroundthatdukeheseedtohavesothingonhisndso,alongin
theafteoon,hesays:
”lookyhere,bilgenationsorryforyou,butyou
ainttheonlypersonthatshadtroubleslikethat”
”no”
”noyouaintyouainttheonlypersonthatsbensnakeddown
nahighplace”
”alas”
”no,youainttheonlypersonthatshadasecretofhisbirth”and,
byjings,hebeginstocry
”holdean”
”bilgean,stillsortofsobbing
”tothebitterdeath”hetooktheoldnbythehandandsqueezedit,
andsays,”thatsecretofyourbeing:speak”
”bilgethelatedauphin”
youbetyou,jindstaredthistithenthedukesays:
”youare”
”yes,friend,itistootrueyoureyesislookinatthisverynt
ontheporedisappeareddauphin,looytheseventeen,sonoflooythe
sixteenandrryantote”
”youatyouragenoyouanyourethelateust
besixorsevenhundredyearsold,attheveryleast”
”troublehasdoneit,bilgeer,troublehasdoneit;troublehasbrung
thesegrayhairsandthispreturebalditudeyes,gentlen,yousee
beforeyou,inbluejeansandsery,thepledon,
andsufferinrightfulkingoffrance”
eandjiidntknoto
do,hus,tooso
forthi
buthesaiditnouse,nothingbuttobedeadanddonehitall
ulddohinygood;thoughhesaiditoftendehieeleasierand
betterforaacrdingtohisrights,andgot
do,andal”yourjesty,”
andfirstatals,anddidntsetdoe
tillheaskedthesojindsettojestyinghianddoingthis
andthatandtotherforhiandstandinguptillhetoldusight
setdoheapsofgood,andsohegotcheerfuland
fortablebutthedukekindofsouredonhianddidntlookabit
satisfiedhthehingsill,thekingactedreal
friendlyto,andsaidthedukesgreatgrandfatherandallthe
otherdukesofbilgeerhoughtofbyhisfather,and
etothepalacensiderable;butthedukestayedhuffy
agoodillbyandbythekingsays:
”likeasnotedlongtionthishyerraft,
bilgeake
thingsonfortableitaintfaultiboaduke,itaint
yourfaultyouakethe
bestothingsthe,saysithatsttothisaint
nobadthingthate,
giveusyourhand,duke,andlesallbefriends”
thedukedoneit,andjindtygladtoseeitittookaway
alltheunfortablenessandightygoodoverit,becauseit
iserablebusinesstohaveanyunfriendlinessontheraft;
foryou,aboveallthings,onaraft,isforeverybodytobe
satisfied,andfeelrightandkindtoheothers
itdidnttakelongtokeupndthattheseliarsno
kingsnordukesatall,butjustlobugsandfraudsbuti
neversaidnothing,neverleton;keptittoself;itsthebestway;
thenyoudonthavenoquarrels,anddontgetintonotroubleifthey
kingsanddukes,ihadntnoobjections,longas
itily;andit,soi
didnttellhiifineverleatnothingelseoutofpap,ileat
thatthebest
havetheirownway
chapterxx
theyaskedusnsiderablenyquestions;edtoknoovered
uptheraftthateinsteadofrunning
arunawayniggersaysi:
”goodnesssakesh”
no,theyalloeway,soi
says:
”folksissouri,whereiwasbo,and
theyalldiedoffbutandpaandbrotherikepa,helowedhed
breakupandgodohuncleben,alittle
onehorseplailebeloworleanspawas
prettypoor,andhadsodebts;sohere
nothingleftbutsixteendollarsandouigger,jithatenough
totakeusfourteenhundredle,deckpassagenoootherwaywell,
heriverrosepahadastreakofluckoneday;heketchedthis
pieceofaraft;sooorleansonitpasluck
didntholdout;asteaoatrunovertheforrarderoftheraftone
night,andand
eupallright,butpawasdrunk,andikewasonlyfouryearsold,so
theynevereupnorehenextdayortwowehad
nsiderabletrouble,becausepeopleingoutinskiffsand
tryingtotakeji,sayingtheybelievedhewasarunaway
niggerwedon
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er,fled
tothisuntryabouttheendofthelastcentury,tobreathethepure
airoffreedorriedhere,anddied,leavingason,hisoher
dyingaboutthesatithesendsonofthelatedukeseizedthe
titlesandestatestheinfantrealdukethelineal
destherightfuldukeofbridgeer;and
herea,forlo,tofroyhighestate,huntedofn,despisedby
theldbroken,anddegradedtothe
panionshipoffelonsonaraft”
jiitiedhiverso,but
hesaidituchuse,heuldntbechforted;saidifwewas
andtoaoregoodthanstanything
else;soellushoto
bo,andsay”yourgraylord,”or”your
lordship”andheinditifplain
”bridgee;and
oneofusoughttoatdinner,anddoanylittlethingforhibr >
heeddone
hatstood
aroundand,andsays,”eodisor
soodat”andsoon,andabodyuldseeitightypleasingto
hi
buttheoldngotprettysilentbyandbydidnthavechtosay,and
didntlookprettyfortableoverallthatpettingthatwasgoingon
aroundthatdukeheseedtohavesothingonhisndso,alongin
theafteoon,hesays:
”lookyhere,bilgenationsorryforyou,butyou
ainttheonlypersonthatshadtroubleslikethat”
”no”
”noyouaintyouainttheonlypersonthatsbensnakeddown
nahighplace”
”alas”
”no,youainttheonlypersonthatshadasecretofhisbirth”and,
byjings,hebeginstocry
”holdean”
”bilgean,stillsortofsobbing
”tothebitterdeath”hetooktheoldnbythehandandsqueezedit,
andsays,”thatsecretofyourbeing:speak”
”bilgethelatedauphin”
youbetyou,jindstaredthistithenthedukesays:
”youare”
”yes,friend,itistootrueyoureyesislookinatthisverynt
ontheporedisappeareddauphin,looytheseventeen,sonoflooythe
sixteenandrryantote”
”youatyouragenoyouanyourethelateust
besixorsevenhundredyearsold,attheveryleast”
”troublehasdoneit,bilgeer,troublehasdoneit;troublehasbrung
thesegrayhairsandthispreturebalditudeyes,gentlen,yousee
beforeyou,inbluejeansandsery,thepledon,
andsufferinrightfulkingoffrance”
eandjiidntknoto
do,hus,tooso
forthi
buthesaiditnouse,nothingbuttobedeadanddonehitall
ulddohinygood;thoughhesaiditoftendehieeleasierand
betterforaacrdingtohisrights,andgot
do,andal”yourjesty,”
andfirstatals,anddidntsetdoe
tillheaskedthesojindsettojestyinghianddoingthis
andthatandtotherforhiandstandinguptillhetoldusight
setdoheapsofgood,andsohegotcheerfuland
fortablebutthedukekindofsouredonhianddidntlookabit
satisfiedhthehingsill,thekingactedreal
friendlyto,andsaidthedukesgreatgrandfatherandallthe
otherdukesofbilgeerhoughtofbyhisfather,and
etothepalacensiderable;butthedukestayedhuffy
agoodillbyandbythekingsays:
”likeasnotedlongtionthishyerraft,
bilgeake
thingsonfortableitaintfaultiboaduke,itaint
yourfaultyouakethe
bestothingsthe,saysithatsttothisaint
nobadthingthate,
giveusyourhand,duke,andlesallbefriends”
thedukedoneit,andjindtygladtoseeitittookaway
alltheunfortablenessandightygoodoverit,becauseit
iserablebusinesstohaveanyunfriendlinessontheraft;
foryou,aboveallthings,onaraft,isforeverybodytobe
satisfied,andfeelrightandkindtoheothers
itdidnttakelongtokeupndthattheseliarsno
kingsnordukesatall,butjustlobugsandfraudsbuti
neversaidnothing,neverleton;keptittoself;itsthebestway;
thenyoudonthavenoquarrels,anddontgetintonotroubleifthey
kingsanddukes,ihadntnoobjections,longas
itily;andit,soi
didnttellhiifineverleatnothingelseoutofpap,ileat
thatthebest
havetheirownway
chapterxx
theyaskedusnsiderablenyquestions;edtoknoovered
uptheraftthateinsteadofrunning
arunawayniggersaysi:
”goodnesssakesh”
no,theyalloeway,soi
says:
”folksissouri,whereiwasbo,and
theyalldiedoffbutandpaandbrotherikepa,helowedhed
breakupandgodohuncleben,alittle
onehorseplailebeloworleanspawas
prettypoor,andhadsodebts;sohere
nothingleftbutsixteendollarsandouigger,jithatenough
totakeusfourteenhundredle,deckpassagenoootherwaywell,
heriverrosepahadastreakofluckoneday;heketchedthis
pieceofaraft;sooorleansonitpasluck
didntholdout;asteaoatrunovertheforrarderoftheraftone
night,andand
eupallright,butpawasdrunk,andikewasonlyfouryearsold,so
theynevereupnorehenextdayortwowehad
nsiderabletrouble,becausepeopleingoutinskiffsand
tryingtotakeji,sayingtheybelievedhewasarunaway
niggerwedon
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