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The natives all seemed to wear their shirts over their pantaloons, hangin' loose, and some on 'em didn't have on any pantaloons, jest the shirt, and some not even that, jest a sash or so tied round about 'em. I despised the sight and sez to Josiah: "They might do as much as Adam did anyway; they might wear some leaves round 'em, there is plenty of fig trees here I spoze."
There wuz all sorts of boats, theatre junks and concert junks and plain junks, and Josiah wuz dretful took with this floatin' city, and sez to once that he should build a house boat as soon as he got home he and Ury. He said that he could use the old hay-rack to start it that and the old corn-house would most make it. "Where will you put it?" sez I. "Oh, on the creek or the canal," sez he.
But at last he wuz made to understand; but when Josiah made him know where he wanted to go the interpreter said that the sedan carriers wanted a yen, and my poor pardner had another struggle. Sez he: "You consarned fool, how do you spoze I can give you a hen? Do you spoze I can git into my hen house ten thousand milds off to git you a hen? Or do you want me to steal one for you?"
That man will be before the magistrates to-day, and I passed my word to the constable that Lindon should be present to answer the charge made against him." "Yes, dear, and he has been thoughtless. But you will forgive him, and have him brought back." "Have him brought back!" cried Uncle Josiah fiercely. "What can I do? The law will have him brought back now." "What? Oh, brother, don't say that!"
And that thought made his cheek glow and his eyes flash, and at night he dreamed of a trumpeter shouting his name abroad, and going up the river to tell old Josiah how famous his boy had become in the earth!
So he would go on and argy, regardless of common sense or Tirzah Ann's legs. And then Uncle Nate would reply: "Josiah, safety lays on the ground, and in this climate more liable each year to tornadoes and cyclones, the only safety lays in spreadin' out on the ground. Build only one story," sez he, "and a low one at that, and let it spread out every way as much as it wants to."
Robert Owen thought he had failed, but he had not, for his ideas have enriched the world, and when we are worthy of Utopia it will be here. John Bright's father caught it from Robert Owen, just as Owen had been exposed to Josiah Wedgwood. Great hearts never fail, no matter what occurs; even though they die, they yet live again in minds made better.
I always wanted to see China and Japan, but never spozed I should." "It is a strange Providence, indeed, Arvilly, that has started us both from Jonesville to China. But," sez I, "let me make you acquainted with the rest of our party," and I introduced 'em. Josiah wuz embracin' Tommy and bein' embraced, and he had seen 'em all but Robert Strong.
'Josiah Bounderby of Coketown is not to be plundered and nobody suspected. No, thank you! Might Mr. Harthouse inquire Who was suspected? 'Well, said Bounderby, stopping and facing about to confront them all, 'I'll tell you. So take this in confidence. Now wait a bit. Mr. Bounderby wiped his head again. 'What should you say to; here he violently exploded: 'to a Hand being in it?
"You're caught at last, Peter Lamb." "Oh, Lord!" cried the captive. "It's Josiah. For God's sake, let me loose." "Reckon I won't," said Josiah. "I'm in agony my arms I shall die and I am innocent. I did not do anything. Won't you help me?" "No the Rebs will come and hang you." The man's cunning awoke. He said the one thing, made the one plea which, as he spoke, troubled Josiah's decision.
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