Fisher's River (North Carolina) scenes and characters . eckla. So I liberately took out mypipe and baccer, flint, steel, and punk, struckfire, crossed my legs, lit my pipe, and wentto smokin like ketchin herrin. I nuveraxed liberty to smoke in that parlor, fur itwere so dirty I didnt think it wuth while tobe perlite; so I soon filled that room withrich smoke. In little ur no time it wakedup the old hoss, fur he soon shown signs uvdisapperbation at my oncommon liberty. Ididnt let on. Presuntly he begun to blowlike a iron forge ; but I smoked on, knowinthe subject were comin to an issue
Fisher's River (North Carolina) scenes and characters . eckla. So I liberately took out mypipe and baccer, flint, steel, and punk, struckfire, crossed my legs, lit my pipe, and wentto smokin like ketchin herrin. I nuveraxed liberty to smoke in that parlor, fur itwere so dirty I didnt think it wuth while tobe perlite; so I soon filled that room withrich smoke. In little ur no time it wakedup the old hoss, fur he soon shown signs uvdisapperbation at my oncommon liberty. Ididnt let on. Presuntly he begun to blowlike a iron forge ; but I smoked on, knowinthe subject were comin to an issue the old feller begin to cast up fust one,then another piece uv belly-furnitur, till atlast he were sharp enuff to guess that I werethe cause uv all the fuss in his dominal re-gions ; so he gin me a rucktion, and sent mebout a hundred feet right up toads the goodworld. But alas! my troubles was noteended, fur I come down right on the flat uvmy back in the sea, co-slash ! Soon as I struck water I whirled over,quick as a cat, and moseyed ofi* fur tumma. E90APE FROM THE WHAT,!?. OLIVER STANLEY. I33 fumma. My old inimy were perfectly sat-isfied with me, and let me truckle off andsave my bacon, so fur as he were I drawed a bead fur land somewhar. Iswum fur a whole day with sich verlocitythat sea-sarpints, sharks, and uvry other vin-imous monster uv the deep was no more tome than snails a-crawlin. Jist at night Ilanded on a friendly island, and staid thartill a vessel come along and tuck me in fiftymiles uv home, whar, through great mercy,I landed next day, to the great joy and as-tonishment uv my friends. The above are the particulars of this won-derful adventure, norated without theleast fear of contradiction, as was ever indi-cated in his looks of defiance. After a fewhearty laughs and a fi:esh chew of tobacco,he would introduce, with great gusto, his AND BEAE STORY. Soon arter this kidnappering by thesailors, said the imperturbable Oliver, Ieluded Id best sa
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