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? ? ? ? I was up in a second and shinning down the hill. I looked over my shoulder every now and then, but I didn't see nobody. I was at Judge Thatcher's as quick as I could get there. He said:

? ? ? ? "Why, my boy, you are all out of breath. Did you come for your interest?"

? ? ? ? "No sir," I says; "is there some for me?"

? ? ? ? "Oh, yes, a half-yearly is in, last night. Over a hundred and fifty dollars. Quite a fortune for you. You better let me invest it along with your six thousand, because if you take it you'll spend it."

? ? ? ? "No sir," I says, "I don't want to spend it. I don't want it at all- nor the six thousand, nuther. I want you to take it; I want to give it to you- the six thousand and all."

? ? ? ? He looked surprised.


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