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Chapter 29

           IamPeterWilks’brotherHarvey,andthisishisbrotherWilliam,whichcan’thearnorspeakandcan’tevenmakesignstoamounttomuch,now’the’sonlygotonehandtoworkthemwith.Wearewhowesayweare;andinadayortwo,whenIgetthebaggage,Icanproveit.ButuptillthenIwon’tsaynothingmore,butgotothehotelandwait."

           Sohimandthenewdummystartedoff;andthekinghelaughs,andblethersout:

           "BrokehisarmVERYlikely,AIN’Tit?andveryconvenient,too,forafraudthat’sgottomakesigns,andain’tlearnthow.Losttheirbaggage!That’sMIGHTYgood!andmightyingeniousundertheCIRCUMSTANCES!"

           Sohelaughedagain;andsodideverybodyelse,exceptthreeorfour,ormaybehalfadozen.Oneofthesewasthatdoctor;anotheronewasasharp-lookinggentleman,withacarpet-bagoftheold-fashionedkindmadeoutofcarpet-stuff,thathadjustcomeoffofthesteamboatandwastalkingtohiminalowvoice,andglancingtowardsthekingnowandthenandnoddingtheirheadsitwasLeviBell,thelawyerthatwasgoneuptoLouisville;andanotheronewasabigroughhuskythatcomealongandlistenedtoalltheoldgentlemansaid,andwaslisteningtothekingnow.Andwhenthekinggotdonethishuskyupandsays:

           "Say,lookyhere;ifyouareHarveyWilks,when’dyoucometothistown?"

           "Thedaybeforethefuneral,friend,"saystheking.

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