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Show i If ('Mo1)UelJwlr U' respensililc fo ' Bi following iulftU provoking incldetit:; jftf If . For Wrciity-lUreo year; old Jako Wil '. If ha' caUrrutctl the soil of BnJwi '"' mi eoan'Ji U(1 drawn tliorcfrom'a, iojinoit II ttld'tri''ne'f(li!fdlcss.i.JJfd ''"i If 'ong Wi'atqloftlUbo'ai&irii; pcniiiKjb -, pf a'mlssing .cow." Hf rout<d Intu thVoug j tti old worn pat pateli;bf clay land, o . i. I iboat tlx acres in cxtci)t;,u ihe:cchtcr ' l ' whfch-was , a well, 'tweoty-flvi ot tUifl, .K ftet dee tlik at,..Bomo' timej probaWj I! tadfutu!sed the inniafta of a dilapidate J II toinelnew'bj witli water1 ' Iti passfng.b -v I this gpat, aii'lll wind, lifted; JakoV "Hk rlj fremlilUeadon.taoUcfoasiy wafted J II to f10 edge of tlictlt, and In It tiimblci 1 4 If NQwr( Jake liad always practised tti ill tfttu8,.otJiecdn6my, and lie Jmmedla'tel Jy H set abootj'.rccQTerlug Ids lost liat, II B rah to ibe( Veil, aiid' Dnding it was dry p i, H the bottomVhe uncoiled tha rope vlitch I H Kad'brogbt'fpr (he porpoao of capturin H tlio'traaut cow, oud after sevcrajat(cmpl to catcb tlio bat w,HU, a noose, ho coi , eluded .to aare U'rao by goiug down Int I, m tbs well bliaself. To accomplisb this li made fast the cud Of tbe rope to a stum bard by; and was' quickly on bis wa -m f 1 I3 0 foot of which Jake was no I ti oblivious thaa tbe rea.der lfercor, fbt mIi H 'ed Wells was in tho dilapidated buildin arorosald: and that an old- bliwl horai Ml "ilEa a btl1 " hts ncck Fwho ,,ad bec II tu to 'dity'was busily 'gfazirt i, W within a short distanco of tho well. If devil himself, or sdmd other wlekei H spirit', pat It lata Ned's cranium to havo 1 H I'W'a.fuu, so ha quietly slipped up to tli d horse and' unbuckled the bell-strap, an ( pproaching with'i slow1 measured "tliij i- m "l,n?i'',it0 the edge or tho well. ,jM l,,Q4d; dang that old blind horso, Ate' "h8 a cqmln" this way sun .j Pd ala't cot' no more sense than to fa te'htreV "Vy hoaj Ball. ' B Pt th continued approach' of -"ting-) H M (.'"T M Jus); as plainly as words, tbi 'ill,'wduIdu'ti)rboa-4 'Besides, Jake wi mt P.1.111 bolb?P, resting- befo,r trying ( H ''shin" Jt no tho rope 11 H rL'at Jerosaleujj" sad Jie, "the ol ' I 9 w'" bo a lop'or njo:beforo I caii st I 'Robinson, lYboal O ddaOgyo rW hoa;''..;,Jnst then Ncd'drefr nlftotl nf B tage of tlio well, and with Us root klck J' little dirt into it. If Ir"pb, -ord,"' erclatmed Jake,-ralllr , 9i m PPon hjs knees at tho bottotn, I'm goi m pow whoa. Jfqw I lay me dowu to slc m cT,rof Halt. I pray the Lord U to tw tb-i-w.h-o-a, now. Oh Ldrd.hai ffiercy onine,"- M . WMld hold iq uo longer, and fee J, K fpl Jake might suffer from hla fright, I r.M,l ?eld hbnseir. rrobably 'c4 didn't make tracks wl bU heels Irom tbit well. JdayboJal rsn't. up to tho top of K in short ordt lts, and i yoa mighti think. bo dfdn'ury, ere Wght fohtwo weeks to 'get a shot with 1 ;? nUeatifpd. Uaybonot- idou'tkno-""I idou'tkno-""I do know that Jake finds out wl Zai.l it wiU, bo the ast, ciiu .. . .. 1 |