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t'uvvers celestial, whose protection
Kver guards the virtuous fair,
While in distant clirues I wander.
Lit my Mary be your care:
Let her form saa fair and faultless,
Fair and faultless as your own;
Let my Mary's kindred spirit,
" Draw your choicest influence down.
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lluardian angels, O protect her.
When in distant lands I roam;
The realms unknown while fate exiles nie,
Make her bosom still my home.
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j " ArrcsQjLAarim Burr in Alabama.
;, The following interesting narrative is
taken from Mr. Pickett's forthcoming his
tory of Alabama. The relations of the
arrest carry upon its lace tne appearance
of so much truthfulness, that we readily
.give it to our readers. It will be seen that
I Major General Gaines, then a lieutenant,
arrested Col. Burr, and directed his con
I veyance to Richmond, Virginia, where his
I trial took place.
I The court house of Washington count)-,
J;,, i)ia nrrspnt State of Alabama, then
I known as a part of the Mississippi territo
ry, was in a small village called Wakefield,
a few miles west of Tombigbee river.
Here, late at night, in the month of Feb
ruary, 1807, Col. Nicholas Perkins, a law
yer, and Thomas Malone, clerk of the
5 board, were engaged at a game ot oacK.
I gammon beside their cabin lire. Present
;: ly the sound of horses feet attracted their
t 'VUn cr-Mwc smldcnlv stODned.
aiu uiiuu m. " ' " t jl
ahd the players wondered who were the
I riders at such a late hour of night. This
( little cabin stood immediately on the high
I way, and the" two travellers rode near the
L.lrnr. and mauircd if the village contained j
a tavern, lictng answercu in ainima
tivc, one 'of them asked if Col. Hilson
lived in the neighborhood, lie was in
formed that his house was seven miles dis
tant the road obscure, and that a difficult
creek lay in the route, Nothing daunted,
the rider eagerly sought information as to
the forks and how to cross the creek. By
this time the fire, replenished with wood,
threw a blaze in the face of the traveller
nearest the door. His countenance was
highly interesting. His eyes sparkled
like diamonds; he rode a splendid horse
with a fine saddle and holsters. His dress
was that of a very plain countryman, but
beneath his coarse" pantaloons protruded a
pair of fashionable boots. His striking
countenance, together with the strange
mixture of apparel and equippagc, produ
ced in the mind of Perkins, viv id and per
manent suspicions, and as the rode oft' he
remarked to Malone, 'that is Aaron Burr.'
'How do vou know!' 'I have read descrip
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tions of him in proclamations, and I am
certain it is he. He must DC appreucnu
cd. Let us follow him to Unison's and
take measures for his arrest.' Malone
remonstrated on the folly of such an ex
pedition at so late an hour of the night,
and declined accompanying him. The
impulsive Perkins now waked up Theo
dore Brightwell, the sheriff, then asleep in
an adjoining house. Both mounting their
horses they took the road to Col. Hinson's.
The night as, bitter cold, and the pine
forest moaned and moaned again the most
lonesome and melancholly sighs.
The two strangers reached Col. Hin
son's in safety, about 11 o'clock at night,
and hailed at the gate. The moon was
up, and Mrs. Hinson rising from-her bed,
saw, through the window, their saddle
bags and tin cups, and knew they were
I travellers. She made no answer, because
1 her husband was not at home. The
! strangers went into the kitchen, where. a
large fire was still blazing. Perkins and
Brightwell shortly hove in sight of the
I dwelling. The former recollecting that
I die travellers had seen him at the cabin,
declined going into the house, but sent
4 Brightwell, whom he requested to return
I to him at a certain spot in the woods, after
he had ascertained whether the person was
Burr or not. Mrs. Hinson recognizing
the voice of the sheriff, who was her rela
tion, rose and opened the door, saying how
glad she was to sec him, as two persons
J. shad stopped at the house, and her husband
I being absent,she felt alarmed. - Brightwell
repaired to the kitchen, found the mysteri
ous stranger sitting by the fire with his
head down, and a handkerchief partly con
cealing his face. His companion had gone
to attend to the horses. A hasty supper
was prepared in main building, which was
a double log house, and the strangers sat
down to it. The cldcrgcntleman thanked
the lady in the most courteous terms for
her kindness, and apologised for the
trouble they had imposed on her. His
conversation was most agreeable, and MrsT
Hinson discovered that the gentleman and
his attire did not correspond. A momen
tary separalion of the strangers taking
place after supper. Mrs. Hinson asked
the younger one, Do I not have the hon
or of entertaining the celebrated Colonel
Burr?' Confused and mortified he gave
her no satisfactory answer but left the room.
The question was suggested by Bright
well, who had previously communicated
his suspicions to her. '
Early in the morning the mysterious
personage, seeking a private interview,
disclosed his name to Mrs. Hinson, re
gret ing the absence of her husband, whom
lie had seen at Natchez, said he was dis
covered, and would prosecute his journey
but had intended passing a week with
Col Hinson. After inquiring the route to
Pensacola and Mrs. Carson's ferry, on the
Tombigbee, he called for writing materials
and indicted several letters. His compan
ion was despatched on the back route for
some purpose. He returned about nine
o'clock in the morning, and the travellers
set out for the Cut-off not far distant.
Let us now return to Colonel Perkins
whom we left last night in the woods, high
ly excited and shivering in the cold. Why
did not Brightwell not keep his promise?
No one Knows. It is a mystery to this
day. Perkins remained at his post until
his patience was exhausted, and supposing
that Brightwell, probably on account of
the fascination of Burr, or the pity which
had seized him Ln his behalf, had betrayed
their plans, now rode to the house of Mr.
Joseph Bates, at Nannuhubba Bluff, to
avoid the creeks in the main route to Fort
Stoddard. He procured from that gentle
man a canoe and negro, dropped down the
Tombigbee, and arrived at the fort just af
ter daybreak.
The commandant was Ed. P. Gaines,
then a young lieutenant, now a distinguish
ed Major General. Col. Perkins briefly
acquainted that officer with the particulars
of last night s adventure and his suspicions
which, although of slight foundation, had
nevertheless impressed him with solemn
convictions of their truth. Placing him
self at the head of a file of mounted sol
dieis, the lieutenant immediately rode off
with Perkins. On the rise of a hill, south
of a branch and, near a wolf pen, two miles
below Col. Hinson's the lieutenant encoun
tered the persons he was pursuing, riding
in company with his travelling companion
and sheriff Brightwell, when the following
conversation took place,
Gaines I presume I have the honor of
addressing Col. Burr?
Burr I am a traveller and a stranger,
and I do not recognize your right to ask
such a question.
Gaines I arrest you at the instance of
the United States.
Burr By what authority do you arrest
me, a traveller and a stranger on the high
way, on my own private business?
Gaines I am an officer in the United
States army I hold in my hands the pro
clamation of the President, and the Gov
ernor of Mississippi territory, directing
your arrest.
Burr You are a young man, and may
not be aware of the responsibility of ar
resting a traveller?
Gaines I am aware of my responsibil
ity 1 know my duty.
Col. Burr now entered into a brief ar
gument to show that these proclamations
should never have been issued, and that
in following their dictates, the lieutenant
would be subjecting himself to much dam
age and blame. His manner was firm, his
air majestic, and his language impressive;
but the firm young officer told him his
mind wras made up he must accompany
him to his quarters, where he would be
treated with all the respect due to Ex-Vice
President of the United States, so long as
he made no attempt to escape. Without
further remonstraance, Col. Burr became
a prisoner, and separated from the two
gentleman riding with him. The party
reached r ort Stoddard in the evening, am
the prisoner was shown his apartment,
where lie took his dinner alone. Late at
night, Col. Burr heard a groan in an ad
joining room. He arose, opened the door
and approached the bedside of Mr. George
S. Gaines, who was snflenng trom sick
ness. Burr's manner was kind to him, he
felt his pulse, offered his services: said he
knew something of medicine. They en
tered into a sprightly conversation. Burr
asked questions about the country, the
Choctaw Indians, among whom George
Gaines lived as U. S, factor. The next
day, Burr, being introduced to tho wife of
the commandant, a daughter of the late
Judge Harry Toulman, dined with the
family, and enlivened the whole party with
his ready wit, sprightliness and elegant dis
course. In the evening he played chess
with Mrs.. Gaines, with whom he was a
frequent competitor in that interesting game.
Of nights he sought the company of the
invalid, who became exceedingly attached
to Col. Burr. During their midnight con
versations, often would the good heart of
George S.
Gaines grieve
over the misfor
tunes of this great man. During the time
they were together, Burr never once allu
ded to his arrest, hispresent troubles, or his
future plans. . From his early youth it had
"been his custom to conceal things in rela
tion to himself, and he always endea
vored to throw an air of mystery over his
acts.
After Colonel Burr had been safely con
ducted to Fort Stoddard, the indefatigable
Perkins departed for AVakcfield, aud
caused the arrest of Burr's travelling com
panion, who wras Major Ashley. Justice
Win. II. Ilargraveand John Caller placed
him under guard, from whom he lied in
the' night, and made his way rapidly to
Tennessee, where he became engaged in
taking testimony for Burr's trial at Rich
mond. The prisoner was confined at the
fort for three weeks oefore Lieut. Gaines
had completed his arrangements to take
him to Washington city. The difficulties
were great. There were no roads, no car-
riages, no terries, and lew men coulu be
found in the sparsely settled country, who
would undertake a journey so long and
over savage lands. Finally Col. Burr left
the fort under guard and proceeded in a
government boat up the Alabama river,
and into the lensaw lake with Lt. Gaines,
and stopped at the house of Mr. John Mills.
Here some ladies wept upon seeing the
ow state to which this great man was redu
ced, and one of them, Mrs. Jackson nam
ed her son Aaron Burr. He is still alive;
and hewasjthe only boy named Aaron Burr
in the Mississippi territory. The ladies
every where espoused his cause, in he
southwestern New World. It is a promi
nent and noble trait in the female charac
ter, to admire a man of daring and gener
ous impulses, and to pity and defend mm
in his adversities.
At the boat-ard in the present county of
Baldwin, State of Alabama, the crew dis-
embarkedj and here lived Willian and John
Pierce, natives of New England, wholnd
several years before established one of the
first cotton gins in Alabama, and a trading
establishment. Gaines gave the command
of the guard intended to convey Burr "to
Washington city, to Col. Nicholas Perkins
a lawyer from Tennessee. His men were
Thomas Malone, formerly a clerk in the
land office at Raleigh, North Carolina, and
then clerk of Washington county, Alabama.
John Henry of Tennessee, John Mills, a
native ot Alabama, Henry B. Slade, of
North Carolina, and two brothers M'Cor-
micks, from Kentucky added to these
were two United States soldiers. 1 hey
were men whom Perkins selected, and he
could rely upon under all circumstances.
He took these men aside, and . obtained
from them most solemn pledges, that upon
the whole route to v ashmgton city, they
would not converse wtih Burr, or let him
escape alive. Perkins knew how fascina
ting Burr was, and he feared his familiari
ty with his men -indeed, and he feared
the same mflnences upon himself. His
character for making strong impressions
upon the human niind, and attaching men
to him by association, was well known to
the world. When Col. Burr fled from
Natchez settlement, he procured a disguise
and was still attired in it.
His pantaloons were of course copper
as cloth, with a roundabout of inferior
drab. His hat, flopping, wide brimmed
beaver had in its time been white, but now
gave evidence of having seen much rough
weather.. Placed upon his fine horse, he
bestrode him most elegantly and flashed
his large, dark eye, as though he were at
the head of his New York regiment. To
use a common expression of the old set
ters who saw him in Alabama, 'his eyes
were peculiar, thev looked like stars.'
Each man of the expedition carried proJ
visions for himself, and some for Col.
Burr. They whre all well mounted, with
no arms except pistols and holslefs, and
two muskets borne by the two soldiers.
The party set out from the boat yard in
the latter part of February, 1807. About
a quarter of a mile from this place the
dreadful massacre of Fort Minis occurred
six years afterwards. Pursuing the Indi
an path, which led from the 'Bigby settle
ment,' to Fort Wilkinson, on the distant
Ocounce, the guard travellod thirty miles.
At night the only tent in the company
was pitched for the prisoner, who ieposed
upon Ins blankets. I he lower part of
Monroe county abounded with pine for
ests. Here the Ex-Vice President lay the
first night, by rousing fires, which threw
a glare over the dismal woods, while his
ears were saluted with the distant howl of
hungry wolves! In the yilds of Alabama
in a small tent, reposed this august person
age, having no one to converse with, sur
rounded by a guard, a prisoner of the Uni
ted States, for whose liberties he had fought
whose government he had helped to
form exiled from New York, whose stat
utes and institutions bore the impress of
his great mind, deprive d by death of his
splendid wife; his only child then on the
distant coast of California; his professional i
pursuits abandoned, and his fortune swept
from him; the magnificent scheme of the
conquest of Mexico uprooted, and the frag
ments dispersed; slandered and hunted
down from one end of the Union to the oth
er all these things twere sufficient to
weigh down an ordinary individual, and
sink him to an untimely grave. Colonel
Burr, however, Avas an uncommon man.
In the morning he rose cheerfully, and
pursued his journey. Altho' guarded with
vigilance, his few wants were gratified as
far as they could be, and he was treated
with respect and kindness. The trail be
ing narrow, as are all Indian highways,
Burr rode in the middle, having part of the
guard in front, and the others behind him,
all in single file, The route lay about
eight miles south of the present city of
3Iontgomery. then an Indian town called
Encoiuihartc, meaning red ground.
I ln 1811, (Jen. Wade cut out the 'Fed
eral road' along this trail, which was well
known to early settlers as the sandy high
ways in South Alabama. The guard
passed by the site of the present Mount
Meigs, and stopped at the house of 'Old
Millcy,' the former wife of a British sol
dier, who, with her husband in 1770, left
the barracks at Savannah, and came to
Creek nation. She had long been a resi
dent of these wild woods, now lying in
the county of Montgomery. Her hus
band at this time, a colored man named E
vans, was employed by Perkins to pilot
the party across the dangerous Cubabat
chee, and Calabee, both of which they had
to swim. It was a perilous and fatigueing
march, and for days rain descended in
chilling torrents upon these unsheltered
horsemen, collecting in rivulets, and swim
ming them at every point. Hundreds of
Indians thronged the trail, and the party
could have been shot down; but the fear
less Perkins bore on his distinguished
prisoner amid the hungry elements and hu
man foes. In their journey through Ala
bama, they always slept in the woods or
in swamps, and among reeds, upon which
the belled and hobbled horses fed during
the night, After a hastily prepared break
fast, it was iheir custom to remount .and
march on in gloomy silence which was
sometimes broken by a remark about the
weather, the creeks or the horses. Col.
Burr was a splendid rider, sitting firmly on
the saddle, and always on the allert, He
was also a hardy traveller. Altho' wet
for hours with cold, clammy rain, riding
forty miles a day, and at night stretched
upon the bare ground, upon a thin pallet,
yet in the whole distance to Richmond,
impenetrable Aaron Burr was never heard
to complain that he was sick or even fa
tigued. At the Chatahoochie was a cros
sing place owned by an Indian named
Marshall. The effects of the expedition
were carried over in canoes, and the hor
ses swam along side. In this manner
they crossed the Flint and Ocmulgee.
Arriving at Fort Wilkinson, on the Oconee,
they enteaed the first ferry boat they had
seen on the whole route. A few miles
further on, they were sheltered by the first
civilized roof a house of entertainment,
kept by one Bcvin. While breakfast was
preparing, and while the guard were seat,
ed around the host, a publican on the high
way asked from whence he came. As
they were from the Bigbee settlements, he
immediately fell upon the frightful theme
of the traitor Aaron Burr. He asked if he
had been taken was he not a very bad
man, and was'nt every body afraid of him.
Perkins aud his party were very much an
noyed, and made no reply. Burr w as sit
ting in the corner by the fire; with his head
down; he now raised it, and planting his
fiery eyes upon Bevin, said, I am Aaron
Burr what do you want with me?' Bevin,
struck with his appearance, the keenness
of his look and the solemnity and dignity
of his manner, stood aghast and trembled
like a leaf, and uttered not another word
while the guard remained at his house.
When Perkins reached the confines of
South Carolina, he watched Burr more
closely than ever. In this State lived
Burr's son-in-law, Col. Joseph Alston, a
man of talents and wealth and influence,
and afterwards Governor of the State.
Perkins upon the frontier of Georgia, en
deavored to convey the prisoner in by
roads, and to avoid, the towns, lest he
should be rescued. The plan w as attend
ed with difficulty.: They were lost often
the march impeded, and the highway
again resumed. Just before entering the
town of Chester Court House, in South
Carolina, the . party halted. Two men
were placed before Burr two on each
side and two behind and in this man
ner they passed a tavern, near the street,
where many persons were standing, while
music: and dancing were heard in the
house. Seeing the assembly of men so
near him, Col. Burr suddenly dismounted,
ami exclaimed in a loud voice, 'I am Aa
ron Burr under military arrest, and I claim
the protection ol the civil'-. authorities'.
Perkins dismounted and ordered him to
remount. Burr said icill not." Not
wishing to shoot him, Perkins threw dow n
his pistols, and being a man of prodigious
strength, and the prisoner a small man,
seized him round the waist, and placed
him in his saddle as though he. were a
child. Thomas- Malone seized the reins
of his horse, slipped them over his head,
and led Burr rapidly on. " The astonished
citizens of Chester Court House had seen
a party enter .with a prisoner, had heard
him appeal to them for protection, had
seen him forced on his horse again, and
the party vanished before they 'had time
to recover from their coufuslon: for when
Burr got down from his horse, the guard
generally cocked their pistols, and the peo
ple ran into the piazza toget outuf danger.
This feat proves that Pcrkixs was well
fitted for the difficult task which GaLcs
assigxed him.
Burr was still to some extent popular in
South Carolina, and any wavering or fear
on the part of Perkins would have lost
him his prisoner; but the celerity of his
movements gave no time for the people to
rellect, before he was afar off in the out
skirts of the village. Here the guard hal
ted; Col. Burr was in a high state of ex
citement he was in tears. The kind
hearted Malone also' wept at seeing the
low condition to which this gentleman was
reduced. lt was the first time that any
one had seen Aaron Burr unmanned. The
bold attempt to escape, its failure, and treat
ment he received, produced these sudden
emotions.
The guard were very much alarmed for
fear Burr would be rescued in South Car
olina. Malone and Henry advised the
purchase of a carriage. The former took
charge of the guard and proceeded on,
while Perkins returned to the village and
purchased a gig. The next day Burr was
placed in the vehicle, and was driven with
out further incident to Fredericksburgh, (
Virginia. Here dispatches from Presi
dent Jefferson required Perkins to convey
his prisoner to Richmond. The guard
took the stage and soon reached that place.
The ladies in Richmond vied with each
other in contributing to the comforts of
Burr. Some sent him ftuit, some clothes,
some wine, and some other things. Per
kins and his men went to Washington,
were paid for their services, and returned
to Alabama by the way of Tennessee.
Col. Burr arrived at Richmond on the
20th of March, 1S07. For want of testi
mony he was not placed on trial for 'trea
son' until the 2 2d of August. On the 1st
of Sept., the jury returned a verdict of
'not guilty.'
'My dear what shall we name our baby?'
said Mr. Smith to Mrs. Smith, the other
day.
'Why huz, I've settled on Peter.'
I never knew a man by the simple name
of Peter who could earn his salt.'
'Well, then, wc will call him Salt Pe
ter.' Powerful Magnet. A lecturer was
dilating upon the powers of the magnet,
defying any one to show or name anything
surpassing the powers of the magnet, when
a man mounted the stand and told him
that women was the magnet of magnet, for
said he, if the loadstone could attract a
piece of iron a foot or two, there was a
young woman who, when he was a young
man, used to attract him thirteen miles
every Sanday, to have a chat writh her!
I3F"rhc following is the best definition
of a loafer wc have yet seen: A person
who begs all the tobacco he uses knows
more people than are acquainted with him,
when he meets them in a coffee house
often looking at his borrowed watch to see
the time and take the paper six months
and then tramp,
nPPrxcii, speaking of the 'swimming
Society,' says 'The members were so de
voted to the cause, that after dinner, their
heads began to swim, but by sticking to
the wine, they kept themselves above wa
ter.' I1?"A celebrated lawyer in Boston, once
concluded an eloquent harangue to the ju
ry, against the prisoner, thus: 'He bared
his arm srntleman he bared his arm to
heaven, and-
-stole the sugar.'
HPNow-a-days, to educate young la
dies, is to let them know all about the o
gies, the onemies, the cfficks, and the ticks,
but nothing about the ings, such as sewing,
knitting, washing, baking, and making
pudding.
Printers in Luck. The Boston Mail
says that Richard Boylston, Esq, who has
been editor and publisher of thc Amherst
(N. 11.) 'Farmer's Cabinet,' for more than
forty years, has been spending a few l vs
in Boston, uciving a kgacy of 10,000
left him by a tel itivc.
Opinions of lhc Press.
A man who would cheat a printer,
would steal a meeting house and rob a
church yard. If lie has a soul, 10,000 of
its Mze would have more room in a mus
quito's eye, than a bull frog in the Pacific
ocean. He ought to be winked at by
blind people, and kicked to death 3cross
logs by cripples. -.inn Harbor JVolver-
Yea, thousands of Fuch souls as that
man's would rattle in a mustard seed
dance contradauces upon the point of a
wasp's sting or inarch abreast through
the eye of a cambric needle. A solar mi
croscope would fail to discover them, and
when found they would not fill the small
est cranny in creation. Post.
Amen! such a bciug would steal the mo
lasses out of a sick niggers ginger-cake
take from a drunk man's mouth his last
'chaw' of tobacco walk all night thiough
the rain to deprive a blind sheep of its fod
der travel fifty miles on a fasting stom
ach to cheat a dying woman, out of her
coffin and steal the wax out of a dead
dog's ear. Such a man ought to be tied
to a sheep's tail and butted to death by a
ram. Florence Eaq.
The Press Its Power and Influ
ence. Douglass Jcrrold, thus graphically
describes the Archimedean lever:
" The power of the press is as boundless
as that of society, lt reaches the throne
it is enclosed in the cottage, lt can
pull down injustice, however lofty, and
raise up lowliness however deep, lt cas
tigates crime which the law can only pun
ish without repressing it. Wherever an
eye can see, or a hand can write, there is
the press. Persons in tribulation rely on
it for redress, and they feel sure that wrong
will not go unpunished if it be known tn
the journals. Like light it penetrates into
ever)- nook and cranny of society, and
carries help and healing on his beams, lt
nips rising abuse in the bud. It stops ihe
tide of tyranny when setting in full flood.
It derives its vast power from the princi
ples of its being. Speaking out truth and
representing reason, it concentrates upon
one point the whole moral power of socie
ty, and persuades and governs without vio
lence, by the mere knowledge that the
physical power of society is always ready
to vindicate the right. As it comes into
operation, the course of society becomes
uniform and equal, and its ends are obtain
ed without those revolutions and rebellions
by which a rude, unlettered people make
their will known."
The Difference
A gentleman from Boston chanced to
find himself among a little party of young
ladies away Down East' last summer, and
while in the enjoyment of some innocent
social play, he carelessly placed his arm
about the slender waist of as pretty a
damsel as Maine can boast of, when she
started and exclaimed, 'Be done, sir!
Don't insult me!' The gentleman instant
ly apologized for the seeming rudeness,
and assured the half offended fair one that
he did not intend to insult her.
'No?' she replied, archly, 'Well, if you
didn't you may do so again,' she added
to the no small amusement of the com
pany! Suspended.
An Irishman, who was talking in rather
ambiguous terms about the sudden dcatli
of his paternal relative was asked if he
lived high?
'Well, I can't say he did, said Terence,
'but he died high.'
'Why, what do 3'ou mean?'
Faith, I mean, like the United States
Bank, he was suspended!'
A New rrjooT of Intoxication.
How,' said a Judge in Missouri to a
witness on the stand, 'How do ycu know
the plaintiff was intoxicated on the evening
referred to?'
'Because I saw him a few minutes af
ter the muss, trying to pull off his trow
scrs with a boot.jackl'
Verdict for defendant. See Blackstonc
page 37, vs. Gin and Sugar.
A certain noted physician at Bath (Eng.)
was lately complaining in a coffee house
in that city, that he had three very fine
daughters, to whom he would give ten
thousand pounds each, and yet he could
find nobody to marry them. "With your
lave. Doctor,' said an Irishman, who was
present, stepping tip and making' a very
respectful bow, I'll take two of - them'.'
; "Dcnaii, Jarlint, och Dc imi, MIiat is it
you're tloiitg.7'
WhUt, UtdJy, I'm trying an crerinicat
Mulder! what is it?'
What is it, di J ycr tay? Why its giving;
hot watct to Uid chicken, 1 im , s they'll be
nfei laviug hotl: i fg?