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I ust to think some of foundin' a'sylum up here on the rocks sailin' round the world and pickin' up a boat-load and then bringin' 'em up here and turnin' 'em loose on the rocks, givin' 'em all they could stuff to eat. And then one night, when I was cal'atin' and figgerin' on it, I saw that I couldn't get half of 'em into my boat, nor a quarter, nor a tenth jest a little corner of 'em.
"I was cal'atin' to have that one myself." He said it almost grudgingly. "You were? Could you?" she faced him. "Couldn't I have it as well as him?" He nodded toward the man in the distance intent on his catalogue. The girl's brow wrinkled a little. "He is rich," she said. "I didn't know " "Well, I ain't rich," said Uncle William, "but I reckon I could scrape together enough to pay for a picter."
A boat costs three hunderd dollars a good one." "I was cal'atin' to pay five hunderd," said Uncle William. "You was?" Andy wheeled about. "You wont' get it out o' him!" He jerked a thumb at the cliff. Uncle William chuckled. "Now, ye've made a mistake, Andy. He's got that much and he's got more." The gentle triumph in Uncle William's tone diffused itself over the landscape.
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