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It was the fore part of March I'd been up to Fredericton a-speculatin' in a small matter of lumber, and was returnin' to the city, a-gallopin' along on one of old Buntin's horses, on the ice, and all at one I missed my horse, he went right slap in and slid under the ice out of sight as quick as wink, and there I was a-standin' all alone.
"'Well, you didn't win, did you? says Gallager. "'Um, um, says Sam, lookin' at th' twig. "'Then th' twig's no good, is it? asks Gallager, lookin' Sam firmly in th' eye, an' Sam returnin' th' look. "'NO! says Sam, an' he throws th' twig away." The cowpunchers did not believe this story. They did not think that an Indian can be cured of his medicine. But I know it is true, for I knew the Indian.
Says I, 'Uncle, you are a good judge of brandy. 'Yes, said he, 'I learned when I was young. So off I started for the post office. In returnin' I thought I'd jist go through the woods where the boys were chopping wood, and wait and go to the house with them when they went to dinner. I found them hard at work, but as merry as crickets.
"No more ye should, lad, no more ye should," said Dick, nodding approvingly; "but there's nothin' to prevent your spendin' the winter and spring here, an' returnin' to yer mother next summer." "Done!" cried March, springing up as well as his bruised muscles would permit him, and seizing his friend enthusiastically by the hand.
There's not much to tell about her after all," said the captain, sadly. "But she was a dear sweet little girl at the time just turned eighteen an' very fond o' me. We had no parents living, an' no kindred except one old aunt, with whom my sister lived. I was away at the time on a long voyage, and had to take a cargo from the East Indies to China before returnin' home.
I told John Henry he might take that wagon and fetch up what light stuff he could, and see how much else there was, an' then I 'd make further arrangements. She said 'Liza Jane 'd see me well satisfied, an' rode off, pleased to death. I see 'em returnin' about eight, after the train was in.
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