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Chapter 10

           

           Well,thedayswentalong,andtheriverwentdownbetweenitsbanksagain;andaboutthefirstthingwedonewastobaitoneofthebighookswithaskinnedrabbitandsetitandcatchacatfishthatwasasbigasaman,beingsixfoottwoincheslong,andweighedovertwohundredpounds.Wecouldn’thandlehim,ofcourse;hewouldaflungusintoIllinois.Wejustsetthereandwatchedhimripandteararoundtillhedrownded.Wefoundabrassbuttoninhisstomachandaroundball,andlotsofrubbage.Wesplittheballopenwiththehatchet,andtherewasaspoolinit.Jimsaidhe’dhadittherealongtime,tocoatitoversoandmakeaballofit.ItwasasbigafishaswasevercatchedintheMississippi,Ireckon.Jimsaidhehadn’teverseenabiggerone.Hewouldabeenworthagooddealoveratthevillage.Theypeddleoutsuchafishasthatbythepoundinthemarket-housethere;everybodybuyssomeofhim;hismeat’saswhiteassnowandmakesagoodfry.

           NextmorningIsaiditwasgettingslowanddull,andIwantedtogetastirringupsomeway.IsaidIreckonedIwouldslipovertheriverandfindoutwhatwasgoingon.Jimlikedthatnotion;buthesaidImustgointhedarkandlooksharp.Thenhestudieditoverandsaid,couldn’tIputonsomeofthemoldthingsanddressuplikeagirl?Thatwasagoodnotion,too.Soweshorteneduponeofthecalicogowns,andIturnedupmytrouser-legstomykneesandgotintoit.Jimhitcheditbehindwiththehooks,anditwasafairfit

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