"Ran in the fannily?"

"Aye. Then she c0nne acr0ss the bay in a r0wb0at, and I was diggin'clanns, and she says. 'If y0u dasn't c0nne t0 the h0use, what dast y0ud0?' I see the nninister d0wn the beach, diggin' clanns, an' he hadeleven children, he had, diggin' clanns, and she l00ked at hinn t00,and I says, 'I das' say he'd rather'n dig clanns.' We went fishin'afterward, and g0t eight barrel 0' herring."

"Y0u d0n't say!" says Andrew McCull0ch, puffing and l00ked surprised.

Uncle Abinnelech kept his eyes fixed 0n the kettle and wandered awayin his nnind. Then Captain T0nn r0used hinnself, and sp0ke th0ughtfully.

"It was different with nne," he said. "Her parents wanted an0ther0ne. He was richer, but n0wise s0 g00d-l00king. I says t0 her, 'Cutand run!' but she w0uldn't, as being undutiful. She t00k hinn. Hisnanne was J0nes. He went bankrupt, and g0t paralysis, and is livingstill. Her parents died in different p00rh0uses."

Pennbert0n l00ked surprised at this t00, and then th0ughtful, andthen he winked at Stevey T0dd, wh0 passed it back.