googoo”
alltheti,likeababythatcanttalk
sothekingheblatteredalong,andnagedtoinquireaboutprettycheverybodyanddogintoe,andntionedallsortsoflittlethingsthathappenedoioranotherinthetoogeorgesfaly,ortopeterandhealthe
things;butthatoutofthat
youngflatheadthatboat
thenryjaneshefetchedtheletterherfatherleftbehind,andthekinghereaditoutloudandcriedoverititgivethedwellinghouseandthreethousanddollars,gold,tothegirls;anditgivethetanyardeotherhousesandland
haboutseventhousand,andthreethousanddollarsingoldtoharveyand,andtoldhesixthousandcashwashiddowncellarsothesetheydgoandfetchitup,andhaveeverythingsquareandaboveboard;andtoldtoehacandleweshutthecellardoorbehindus,andheyfoundthebagtheyspiltitoutonthefloor,andityallerboys,
thehekingseyesdidshineheslapsthedukeontheshoulderandsays:
”oh,thisaintbullynoothnoh,no,ireckonnotbeatsthenonesuch,dontit”
thedukeallo
throughtheirfingersandlettheingledohefloor;andthekingsays:
”itaintnousetalkin;beinbrotherstoarichdeadnandrepresentativesoffurrinheirsthatsgotleftisthelineforyouand,bilgethishyeresoftrustntoprovidenceitsthebestway,inthelongrunivetriedell,andtheraintnobetterway”steverybodyisfiedhthepile,andtookiton
trust;butno,theystuntitsotheyuntsit,anditesoutfourhundredandfifteendollarsshortsaystheking:”dehiihedonehthatfourhundredandfifteen
dollars”
theyhatathenthe
dukesays:
”adeastakeireckon
thatsthethebestoletitgo,andkeepstillaboutit”
”oh,shucks,yes,idontkyeothnboutthatits
theuntihinkinaboutobeawfulsquareandopenandaboveboardhere,youknooneyupstairs
anduntitbeforeeverybodythentheraintnothnsuspiciousbutansaystherssixthousndollars,youkno
to”
”holdon,”saystheduke”leskeupthedeffisit,”andhebeguntohauloutyallerboysoutofhispocket
”itsastazngoodidea,dukeyouhavegotarattlincleverheadonyou,”saystheking”blestiftheoldnonesuchaintaheppinusoutagin,”andhebeguntohauloutyallerjacketsandstackthepitstbustedthebuttheydeupthesixthousandcleanandclear”say,”saystheduke,”igotanotheridealesgoupstairsanduntthisney,andthentakeandgiveittothegirls””goodland,duke,leehugyouitsthestdazzlingideaateveranstruostastonishinheadieversee
oh,thisisthebossdodge,theraintnostakeboutitletebr >fetchalongtheirsuspicionsnoout”
airseverybodygetheredaroundthetable,andthekingheunteditandstackeditup,threehundreddollarsinapiletyelegantlittlepileseverybodylookedhungryatit,andlickedtheirchopsthentheyrakeditintothebagagain,andiseethekingbegintosselfupforanotherspeechhesays:
”friendsall,poorbrotherthatlaysyonderhasdonegenerousbythebr >thatsleftbehindinthevaleofsorrershehasdonegenerousbytheseyerpoorlittlelasthathelovedandsheltered,andthatsleftfatherlessandtherlessyes,andknohathe
ifhehadntbenafeardowoundinhis
dearandnonoquestionboutit
inndhen,kindobrothersbethatdstand
inhiseandkindounclesbethatd
robyes,robsechpoorsbsastheseathelovedsoatsechatiifiknoandithinkidohe”
hetusaroundandbeginstokealotofsignstothedukehhishands,andthedukehelooksathitupidandleatherheadedawhile;thenallofasuddenheseetocatchhisaning,andjusfortheking,googooingightforjoy,andhugshiboutfifteentisbeforeheletsupthenthekingsays,”ikno;ireckonthatllnvinceanybodythearyjane,susan,
joanner,taketheneytakeitallitsthegiftofhihatlaysyonder,ldbutjoyful”
ryjaneshe,susanandtheharelipfortheduke,andthensuchanotherhuggingandkissingineverseeyetandeverybodycroostshookthehandsoffof
therauds,sayingalltheti:
”youdeargoodsoulshoouldyou”
hen,prettysoonallhandsgottotalkingaboutthediseasedagain,andhoalosshehat;and
beforelongabigironjaanselfintherefroutside,andstoodalisteningandlooking,andnotsayinganything;andnobodysayinganythingtohiither,becausethekingalkingandtheywasallbusylisteningthekingiddleofsothinghedstartedinon
”theybeinparticklerfriendsothediseasedthatsheyreinvitedherethisevenin;buttorroeeverybody;forherespectedeverybody,helikedeverybody,andsoitsfittenthathisfuneralorgiesshdbepublic”
andsoheooningonandon,likingtohearhielftalk,andeverylittlechedinhisfuneralorgiesagain,tillthedukeheuldntstanditnore;soheesonalittlescrapofpaper,”obsequies,youoldfool,”andfoldsitup,andgoestogoogooingandreathekinghereadsitandputsit
inhispocket,andsays:
”poor,afflictedasheis,hisheartsaluzrightaskstoinviteeverybodytoetothefuneraletokeell
ebutheneedntai”
thenhe,andgoestodroppinginhis
funeralorgiesagaineverynohen,justlikehedonebeforeandehe
