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Chapter 3

           IjudgedIcouldseethattherewastwoProvidences,andapoorchapwouldstandconsiderableshowwiththewidow’sProvidence,butifMissWatson’sgothimtherewarn’tnohelpforhimanymore.Ithoughtitallout,andreckonedIwouldbelongtothewidow’sifhewantedme,thoughIcouldn’tmakeouthowhewasa-goingtobeanybetteroffthenthanwhathewasbefore,seeingIwassoignorant,andsokindoflow-downandornery.

           Paphehadn’tbeenseenformorethanayear,andthatwascomfortableforme;Ididn’twanttoseehimnomore.Heusedtoalwayswhalemewhenhewassoberandcouldgethishandsonme;thoughIusedtotaketothewoodsmostofthetimewhenhewasaround.Well,aboutthistimehewasfoundintheriverdrownded,abouttwelvemileabovetown,sopeoplesaid.Theyjudgeditwashim,anyway;saidthisdrowndedmanwasjusthissize,andwasragged,andhaduncommonlonghair,whichwasalllikepap;buttheycouldn’tmakenothingoutoftheface,becauseithadbeeninthewatersolongitwarn’tmuchlikeafaceatall.Theysaidhewasfloatingonhisbackinthewater.Theytookhimandburiedhimonthebank.ButIwarn’tcomfortablelong,becauseIhappenedtothinkofsomething.Iknowedmightywellthatadrowndedmandon’tfloatonhisback,butonhisface.SoIknowed,then,thatthiswarn’tpap,butawomandressedupinaman’sclothes.SoIwasuncomfortableagain.Ijudgedtheoldmanwouldturnupagainbyandby,thoughIwishedhewouldn’t.

           Weplayedrobbernowandthenaboutamonth,andthenIresigned.Alltheboysdid.Wehadn’trobbednobody,hadn’tkilledanypeople,butonlyjustpretended.Weusedtohopoutofthewoodsandgochargingdownonhog-driversandwomenincartstakinggardenstufftomarket,butweneverhivedanyofthem.

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