. American scenery. s way into our heads. And? the burial in Murderers Hollow? Here the host laughed more obstreperously than ever. The burial! he cried, half choking, Why, thats Tom Nu-gent, the old hunter, w^ho died the other day, and is to beput into the ground this ! These men, you havetaken for highwaymen, are the greatest preachers in theseparts. They are going to officiate at old Toms funeral this morning, on their way to the camp meeting at . Why, I heard them say that they should be glad to have j^our com-pany on the journey, especially through Murderers Hollow,as you seemed t
. American scenery. s way into our heads. And? the burial in Murderers Hollow? Here the host laughed more obstreperously than ever. The burial! he cried, half choking, Why, thats Tom Nu-gent, the old hunter, w^ho died the other day, and is to beput into the ground this ! These men, you havetaken for highwaymen, are the greatest preachers in theseparts. They are going to officiate at old Toms funeral this morning, on their way to the camp meeting at . Why, I heard them say that they should be glad to have j^our com-pany on the journey, especially through Murderers Hollow,as you seemed to be well-armed, and the road was not so safeas it might be. They said they should go ahead, so that theymight attend the funeral and be ready to join you when youcame along. Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha! we repeated, but not quite so roysterouslyas Boniface ; for as the women and children, gathering around,had managed to pick up the thread of the story, and nowjoined heartily in the merriment, we felt sorry that we had. NOTHING AFTER ALL. 209 not got the start, instead of our highwaymen, and were nov/in the very deepest and most lonely .glen of MurderersHollow! This annoying adventure cured me of my deafness for awhile, and read us a lesson upon the immorality of eaves-dropping, which I commend to your most serious
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