Crusoe's island . A PEEP AT WASHOE. 349 such a general commotion. I perceived that there wereabout forty sleepers, all getting up. Boots stronglyscented with feet, and stockings of every possible degreeof odor, were lying loose in all directions; blankets,packs, old clothes, and ragged shirts, and I dont knowwhat all—a palpable violation of the landlords impliedcompact. True, he had not agreed to furnish a singlebed for five, but he never hinted that he was going toput forty men, of all sorts and sizes, in the same generalu lay-out, as he was pleased to style it, and that only. TUJK SsTlMliINU
Crusoe's island . A PEEP AT WASHOE. 349 such a general commotion. I perceived that there wereabout forty sleepers, all getting up. Boots stronglyscented with feet, and stockings of every possible degreeof odor, were lying loose in all directions; blankets,packs, old clothes, and ragged shirts, and I dont knowwhat all—a palpable violation of the landlords impliedcompact. True, he had not agreed to furnish a singlebed for five, but he never hinted that he was going toput forty men, of all sorts and sizes, in the same generalu lay-out, as he was pleased to style it, and that only. TUJK SsTlMliINU -THIEF. 350 A PEEP AT WASHOE. large enough for half the number. Once, in Minnesota,I slept in a bed with eight, and gave considerable offenseto my landlord when I remonstrated against his puttingin a ninth. He said he liked to see a man accommoda-ting—a reflection upon my good-nature which I consid-ered wholly unwarranted by the circumstances. Butthis was even a stronger case. The Jew peddler had not undressed, and, not to judgehim harshly, I dont think he ever did undress. He wassoon up, and left, as I suppose, while I was him departed my stockings. They were not veryfine—perhaps, considering the muddy road, not veryclean; but they were all I had, and were valuable be-yond gold or silver in this foot-weary land. I neversaw them more. What aggravated the offense, when Icame to review it seriously, was, that I remembered hav-ing seen him draw just such a pair over his boots, as aprotection against the snow, without the remotest sus-picion of the great
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