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The Spouter-Inn

           manikinwasarealbabypreservedsomesimilarmanner.Butseeingthatitwasnotatalllimber,andthatitglistenedagooddeallikepolishedebony,Iconcludedthatitmustbenothingbutawoodenidol,whichindeeditprovedtobe.Fornowthesavagegoesuptotheemptyfire-place,andremovingthepaperedfire-board,setsupthislittlehunch-backedimage,likeatenpin,betweentheandirons.Thechimneyjambsandallthebricksinsidewereverysooty,sothatIthoughtthisfire-placemadeaveryappropriatelittleshrineorchapelforhisCongoidol.

           Inowscrewedmyeyeshardtowardsthehalfhiddenimage,feelingbutillateasemeantimetoseewhatwasnexttofollow.Firsthetakesaboutadoublehandfulofshavingsoutofhisgregopocket,andplacesthemcarefullybeforetheidol;thenlayingabitofshipbiscuitontopandapplyingtheflamefromthelamp,hekindledtheshavingsintoasacrificialblaze.Presently,aftermanyhastysnatchesintothefire,andstillhastierwithdrawalsofhisfingers(wherebyheseemedtobescorchingthembadly),heatlastsucceededindrawingoutthebiscuit;thenblowingofftheheatandashesalittle,hemadeapoliteofferofittothelittlenegro.Butthelittledevildidnotseemtofancysuchdrysortoffareatall;henevermovedhislips.Allthesestrangeanticswereaccompaniedbystillstrangergutturalnoisesfromthedevotee,whoseemedtobeprayinginasing-songorelsesingingsomepaganpsalmodyorother,duringwhichhisfacetwitchedaboutinthemostunnaturalmanner.Atlastextinguishingthefire,hetooktheidolupveryunceremoniously,andbaggeditagaininhisgregopocketascarelesslyasifhewereasportsmanbaggingadeadwoodcock.

           Allthesequeerproceedingsincreasedmyuncomfortableness,andseeinghimnowexhibitingstrongsymptomsofconcludinghisbusinessoperations,andjumpingintobedwithme,Ithoughtitwashightime,nowornever,beforethelightwasputout,tobreakthespellinwhichIhadsolongbeenbound.

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