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           "It’salwaysinthesameplacemyboy,"wasthestolidreply:"justbehindyou." 

           "Idon’tseeit,"saidGeorge,turninground. 

           "Why,blessus,where’syoureyes?"wastheman’scomment,ashetwistedGeorgeroundandpointedupanddownthestream. "There’senoughofittosee,ain’tthere?" 

           "Oh!"exclaimedGeorge,graspingtheidea;"butwecan’tdrinktheriver,youknow!" 

           "No;butyoucandrinksomeofit,"repliedtheoldfellow. "It’swhatI’vedrunkforthelastfifteenyears." 

           Georgetoldhimthathisappearance,afterthecourse,didnotseemasufficientlygoodadvertisementforthebrand;andthathewouldpreferitoutofapump. 

           Wegotsomefromacottagealittlehigherup. Idaresaythatwasonlyriverwater,ifwehadknown. Butwedidnotknow,soitwasallright. Whattheeyedoesnotsee,thestomachdoesnotgetupsetover. 

           Wetriedriverwateronce,lateronintheseason,butitwasnotasuccess. Wewerecomingdownstream,andhadpulleduptohaveteainabackwaternearWindsor. Ourjarwasempty,anditwasacaseofgoingwithoutourteaortakingwaterfromtheriver. Harriswasforchancingit. Hesaiditmustbeallrightifweboiledthewater. Hesaidthatthevariousgermsofpoisonpresentinthewaterwouldbekilledbytheboiling. SowefilledourkettlewithThamesbackwater,andboiledit;andverycarefulweweretoseethatitdidboil.