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Dock Smith raised Bill up in bed, an' Dock Brainerd put a piller under the small of Bill's back. Then Sary sat down by the bed an' fed them beans into Bill until Bill couldn't hold any more. "'How air you feelin' now? asked Dock Smith. "Bill didn't say nuthin; he jest smiled sort uv peaceful-like and closed his eyes. "'The end hez come,'f said Dock Brainerd sof'ly; 'Bill is dyin'.
Soon Missy Roberta come out de parlor an' look in de pantry an' de oder rooms, an' she sof'ly call me, 'kase she know I was las' up 'round de house; but I'se ain't sayin' nuffin'. Den she go in de missus room, whar my moder was, an' soon she and Missy S'wanee came out an' whisper, an' Missy S'wanee was a-larfin' how as ef she was pleased.
I was snorin', when missus looked in an' said, 'All's asleep all right; an' I waited till the clock struck one, an' all still. I crep' sof'ly out on the street, and down to the root, an' waited for a whistle. The clock struck two. O, how long! Will that man come? Chillen may cry, an' missus fin' me gone. Had I better wait till it's three o'clock? May be he can't come.
Dey wasn't 'lowed to go of'en in dose days 'cause de yallow fevah was dere; but when de sailor boys got a chance dey would slip sof'ly down de side an' strike out fur de shoah. Tom, he know dis custom, an' he kep sharp eye on de boys, an' I 'shure yo' sah, dat dat shahk gobbled up moah seamen dan 'uld fill de bigges' ob de Queen's men-ob-wah.
"Bill did n't say nuthin'; he jest smiled sort uv peaceful-like, an' closed his eyes. "'The end hes come, said Dock Brainerd sof'ly. 'Bill is dyin'. "Next mornin' Bill got out uv bed, an' done a big day's work on the farm, an' he hain't hed a sick spell since. Them beans cured him! I tell you, sir, that beans is," etc. WASHINGTON, D. C., Mai 3.
Hamilton shivered a little, for the mountain boy told the story as though he were living through the scene again. "I don't wonder you got scared," he said. "Did he come to?" "Not right then," the boy answered. "We waited a while an' then some of the fellers got up an' went out sof'ly. I went, too, an' the teacheh never even seemed to see us go." "Didn't you think he had gone crazy?"
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