? ? ? ? "Walk fast, now, till you get away from the houses, and then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!"
? ? ? ? I done it, and he done the same. We struck the raft at the same time, and in less than two seconds we was gliding down stream, all dark and still, and edging towards the middle of the river, nobody saying a word. I reckoned the poor king was in for a gaudy time of it with the audience; but nothing of the sort; pretty soon he crawls out from under the wigwam, and says:
? ? ? ? "Well, how'd the old thing pan out this time, Duke?"
? ? ? ? He hadn't been up town at all.
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