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googoo”
alltheti,likeababythatcanttalk
sothekingheblatteredalong,andnagedtoinquireaboutprettych
everybodyanddogintoe,andntionedallsortsoflittle
thingsthathappenedoioranotherinthetoogeorges
faly,ortopeterandhealthe
things;butthatoutofthat
youngflatheadthatboat
thenryjaneshefetchedtheletterherfatherleftbehind,andthe
kinghereaditoutloudandcriedoverititgivethedwellinghouse
andthreethousanddollars,gold,tothegirls;anditgivethetanyard
eotherhousesandland
haboutseventhousand,andthreethousanddollarsingoldto
harveyand,andtoldhesixthousandcashwashiddown
cellarsothesetheydgoandfetchitup,andhave
everythingsquareandaboveboard;andtoldtoehacandlewe
shutthecellardoorbehindus,andheyfoundthebagtheyspiltit
outonthefloor,andityallerboys,
thehekingseyesdidshineheslapsthedukeontheshoulderand
says:
”oh,thisaintbullynoothnoh,no,ireckonnot
beatsthenonesuch,dontit”
thedukeallo
throughtheirfingersandlettheingledohefloor;andtheking
says:
”itaintnousetalkin;beinbrotherstoarichdeadnand
representativesoffurrinheirsthatsgotleftisthelineforyouand
,bilgethishyeresoftrustntoprovidenceitsthebestway,
inthelongrunivetriedell,andtheraintnobetterway”
steverybodyisfiedhthepile,andtookiton
trust;butno,theystuntitsotheyuntsit,anditesout
fourhundredandfifteendollarsshortsaystheking:
”dehiihedonehthatfourhundredandfifteen
dollars”
theyhatathenthe
dukesays:
”adeastakeireckon
thatsthethebestoletitgo,andkeepstillabout
it”
”oh,shucks,yes,idontkyeothnboutthatits
theuntihinkinaboutobeawfulsquareandopenand
aboveboardhere,youknooneyupstairs
anduntitbeforeeverybodythentheraintnothnsuspiciousbut
ansaystherssixthousndollars,youkno
to”
”holdon,”saystheduke”leskeupthedeffisit,”andhebegunto
hauloutyallerboysoutofhispocket
”itsastazngoodidea,dukeyouhavegotarattlincleverhead
onyou,”saystheking”blestiftheoldnonesuchaintaheppinus
outagin,”andhebeguntohauloutyallerjacketsandstackthep
itstbustedthebuttheydeupthesixthousandcleanandclear
”say,”saystheduke,”igotanotheridealesgoupstairsandunt
thisney,andthentakeandgiveittothegirls”
”goodland,duke,leehugyouitsthestdazzlingideaatevera
nstruostastonishinheadieversee
oh,thisisthebossdodge,theraintnostakeboutitletebr >
fetchalongtheirsuspicionsnoout”
airseverybodygetheredaroundthetable,andtheking
heunteditandstackeditup,threehundreddollarsinapilety
elegantlittlepileseverybodylookedhungryatit,andlickedtheir
chopsthentheyrakeditintothebagagain,andiseethekingbegin
tosselfupforanotherspeechhesays:
”friendsall,poorbrotherthatlaysyonderhasdonegenerousbythebr >
thatsleftbehindinthevaleofsorrershehasdonegenerousbythese
yerpoorlittlelasthathelovedandsheltered,andthatsleft
fatherlessandtherlessyes,andknohathe
ifhehadntbenafeardowoundinhis
dearandnonoquestionboutit
inndhen,kindobrothersbethatdstand
inhiseandkindounclesbethatd
robyes,robsechpoorsbsastheseathelovedsoatsecha
tiifiknoandithinkidohe”
hetusaroundandbeginstokealotofsignstothedukehhis
hands,andthedukehelooksathitupidandleatherheadedawhile;
thenallofasuddenheseetocatchhisaning,andjusforthe
king,googooingightforjoy,andhugshiboutfifteen
tisbeforeheletsupthenthekingsays,”ikno;ireckonthat
llnvinceanybodythearyjane,susan,
joanner,taketheneytakeitallitsthegiftofhihatlays
yonder,ldbutjoyful”
ryjaneshe,susanandtheharelipfortheduke,and
thensuchanotherhuggingandkissingineverseeyetandeverybody
croostshookthehandsoffof
therauds,sayingalltheti:
”youdeargoodsoulshoouldyou”
hen,prettysoonallhandsgottotalkingaboutthediseased
again,andhoalosshehat;and
beforelongabigironjaanselfintherefroutside,
andstoodalisteningandlooking,andnotsayinganything;andnobody
sayinganythingtohiither,becausethekingalkingandtheywas
allbusylisteningthekingiddleofsothinghed
startedinon
”theybeinparticklerfriendsothediseasedthatsheyre
invitedherethisevenin;buttorroeeverybody;
forherespectedeverybody,helikedeverybody,andsoitsfittenthat
hisfuneralorgiesshdbepublic”
andsoheooningonandon,likingtohearhielftalk,and
everylittlechedinhisfuneralorgiesagain,tilltheduke
heuldntstanditnore;soheesonalittlescrapofpaper,
”obsequies,youoldfool,”andfoldsitup,andgoestogoogooingand
reathekinghereadsitandputsit
inhispocket,andsays:
”poor,afflictedasheis,hisheartsaluzrightasksto
inviteeverybodytoetothefuneraletokeell
ebutheneedntai”
thenhe,andgoestodroppinginhis
funeralorgiesagaineverynohen,justlikehedonebeforeand
ehe
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googoo”
alltheti,likeababythatcanttalk
sothekingheblatteredalong,andnagedtoinquireaboutprettych
everybodyanddogintoe,andntionedallsortsoflittle
thingsthathappenedoioranotherinthetoogeorges
faly,ortopeterandhealthe
things;butthatoutofthat
youngflatheadthatboat
thenryjaneshefetchedtheletterherfatherleftbehind,andthe
kinghereaditoutloudandcriedoverititgivethedwellinghouse
andthreethousanddollars,gold,tothegirls;anditgivethetanyard
eotherhousesandland
haboutseventhousand,andthreethousanddollarsingoldto
harveyand,andtoldhesixthousandcashwashiddown
cellarsothesetheydgoandfetchitup,andhave
everythingsquareandaboveboard;andtoldtoehacandlewe
shutthecellardoorbehindus,andheyfoundthebagtheyspiltit
outonthefloor,andityallerboys,
thehekingseyesdidshineheslapsthedukeontheshoulderand
says:
”oh,thisaintbullynoothnoh,no,ireckonnot
beatsthenonesuch,dontit”
thedukeallo
throughtheirfingersandlettheingledohefloor;andtheking
says:
”itaintnousetalkin;beinbrotherstoarichdeadnand
representativesoffurrinheirsthatsgotleftisthelineforyouand
,bilgethishyeresoftrustntoprovidenceitsthebestway,
inthelongrunivetriedell,andtheraintnobetterway”
steverybodyisfiedhthepile,andtookiton
trust;butno,theystuntitsotheyuntsit,anditesout
fourhundredandfifteendollarsshortsaystheking:
”dehiihedonehthatfourhundredandfifteen
dollars”
theyhatathenthe
dukesays:
”adeastakeireckon
thatsthethebestoletitgo,andkeepstillabout
it”
”oh,shucks,yes,idontkyeothnboutthatits
theuntihinkinaboutobeawfulsquareandopenand
aboveboardhere,youknooneyupstairs
anduntitbeforeeverybodythentheraintnothnsuspiciousbut
ansaystherssixthousndollars,youkno
to”
”holdon,”saystheduke”leskeupthedeffisit,”andhebegunto
hauloutyallerboysoutofhispocket
”itsastazngoodidea,dukeyouhavegotarattlincleverhead
onyou,”saystheking”blestiftheoldnonesuchaintaheppinus
outagin,”andhebeguntohauloutyallerjacketsandstackthep
itstbustedthebuttheydeupthesixthousandcleanandclear
”say,”saystheduke,”igotanotheridealesgoupstairsandunt
thisney,andthentakeandgiveittothegirls”
”goodland,duke,leehugyouitsthestdazzlingideaatevera
nstruostastonishinheadieversee
oh,thisisthebossdodge,theraintnostakeboutitletebr >
fetchalongtheirsuspicionsnoout”
airseverybodygetheredaroundthetable,andtheking
heunteditandstackeditup,threehundreddollarsinapilety
elegantlittlepileseverybodylookedhungryatit,andlickedtheir
chopsthentheyrakeditintothebagagain,andiseethekingbegin
tosselfupforanotherspeechhesays:
”friendsall,poorbrotherthatlaysyonderhasdonegenerousbythebr >
thatsleftbehindinthevaleofsorrershehasdonegenerousbythese
yerpoorlittlelasthathelovedandsheltered,andthatsleft
fatherlessandtherlessyes,andknohathe
ifhehadntbenafeardowoundinhis
dearandnonoquestionboutit
inndhen,kindobrothersbethatdstand
inhiseandkindounclesbethatd
robyes,robsechpoorsbsastheseathelovedsoatsecha
tiifiknoandithinkidohe”
hetusaroundandbeginstokealotofsignstothedukehhis
hands,andthedukehelooksathitupidandleatherheadedawhile;
thenallofasuddenheseetocatchhisaning,andjusforthe
king,googooingightforjoy,andhugshiboutfifteen
tisbeforeheletsupthenthekingsays,”ikno;ireckonthat
llnvinceanybodythearyjane,susan,
joanner,taketheneytakeitallitsthegiftofhihatlays
yonder,ldbutjoyful”
ryjaneshe,susanandtheharelipfortheduke,and
thensuchanotherhuggingandkissingineverseeyetandeverybody
croostshookthehandsoffof
therauds,sayingalltheti:
”youdeargoodsoulshoouldyou”
hen,prettysoonallhandsgottotalkingaboutthediseased
again,andhoalosshehat;and
beforelongabigironjaanselfintherefroutside,
andstoodalisteningandlooking,andnotsayinganything;andnobody
sayinganythingtohiither,becausethekingalkingandtheywas
allbusylisteningthekingiddleofsothinghed
startedinon
”theybeinparticklerfriendsothediseasedthatsheyre
invitedherethisevenin;buttorroeeverybody;
forherespectedeverybody,helikedeverybody,andsoitsfittenthat
hisfuneralorgiesshdbepublic”
andsoheooningonandon,likingtohearhielftalk,and
everylittlechedinhisfuneralorgiesagain,tilltheduke
heuldntstanditnore;soheesonalittlescrapofpaper,
”obsequies,youoldfool,”andfoldsitup,andgoestogoogooingand
reathekinghereadsitandputsit
inhispocket,andsays:
”poor,afflictedasheis,hisheartsaluzrightasksto
inviteeverybodytoetothefuneraletokeell
ebutheneedntai”
thenhe,andgoestodroppinginhis
funeralorgiesagaineverynohen,justlikehedonebeforeand
ehe
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