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he got every blessed one of them out of that young flathead that we canoed up to

the steamboat. ssssssssss

Then Mary Jane she fetched the letter her father left behind, and the king

he read it out loud and cried over it. It give the dwelling-house and three

thousand dollars, gold, to the girls; and it give the tanyard (which was doing a

good business), along with some other houses and land (worth about seven

thousand), and three thousand dollars in gold to Harvey and William, and told

where the six thousand cash was hid, down cellar. So these two frauds said they'd

go and fetch it up, and have everything square and above-board; and told me to

come with a candle. We shut the cellar door behind us, and when they found

the bag they spilt it out on the floor, and it was a lovely sight, all them yaller-

boys. My, the way the king's eyes did shine! He slaps the duke on the

shoulder, and says: ssssssssss

"Oh, this ain't bully, nor noth'n! Oh, no, I reckon not! Why, Biljy, it

beats the Nonesuch, don't it!" ssssssssss

The duke allowed it did. They pawed the yaller-boys, and sifted them

through their fingers and let them jingle down on the floor; and the king

says:

"It ain't no use talkin'; bein' brothers to a rich dead man, and representa-

tives of furrin heirs that's got left, is the line for you and me, Bilge. Thish-yer

comes of trust'n to Providence. It's the best way, in the long run. I've tried

'em all, and ther' ain't no better way." ssssssssss

Most everybody would a been satisfied with the pile, and took it on trust; but

no, they must count it. So they counts it, and it comes out four hundred and

fifteen dollars short. Says the king: ssssssssss

"Eern him, I wonder what he done with that four hunderd and fifteen

dollars?" ssssssssss

They worried over that a while, and ransacked all around for it. Then the

duke says: ssssssssss

"Well, he was a pretty sick man, and likely he made a mistake -- I reckon

that's the way of it. The best way's to let it go, and keep still about it. We

can spare it." ssssssssss

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