| Show prom sam slick eufus rufus Dod geat niagara Ri agara 11 was once at the cataract house to aniag niagara Nia gira ira tra it is 13 just a short distance about the r falls fails alls alis ails out of the winders you have a view of the splendid white waters or lle the fie rapids of foam afore tile tiie river takes its everlasting leap over the cliff well rufus come all the tile way from boston to see the falls he said lie he care much macli about them his himself self seif that be war bartill till ili in the mill bu business but as he was a goin coin to england lie like ilke to say he been there especially as all alt the english knowel about america was that there was a great big waterfall called niagara an everlasting everl everi astin mighty almighty el big river called AT pi and aud a perfect tf a lappin bg big man called kentuckian there both bogli tot lier iier ones hed held never sot eyes on so as soon as he arrives lie 14 goes into the public room and looks at tile the white waters and said lle lie e waiter said he lie is them the falls fall down ther thera a a pleun n by accident ili in the direction where tile tiie falls artilly was yes sir sais the waiter liem ilem hem salt sail rufe them s the falls of niagara eh eb so ive seen the ilia falls at fast last th well its pretty too they aint illint bad a fact q 0 so o them 8 the falls of niagara how long iong is it afore the tile stage starts au hour sir buo and book me for boston and then bring me a paper it caper yes es sir well he got lis ils paper and sot there a of it and every now and then hed lock out of 0 tile the amaer winder and says so rhems the falls of nia niagara 9 gira tra eh eli well its little mill null privilege that hat too aint it but it aint just altogether worth comin comi comindo so far to see so ive seen the falls fats at last 1 arter a while in fil comes a waiter sa says ys lie he how far is it to the falls fails little over haita haifa half a mi mile mlle leIrl sir which way do you get there p V turn to the right and then to the left and then go a head rufe rule heard all this and it kinder seemed dark to himo so 0 arte arter r cypherin it over in ills his head a bit lW walter waiter altey 1 says lie he aint them the falls of N niagara I 1 I 1 see there therell no sir well all ovar over now not the falls falis no sir wily why you dont mean to say that them are aint tile falls yes I 1 do sir I leaven heaven and airth lve ive come hundreds of mil trill s a to see em and not a bit of trade or spec speck elation or any eirthly tiling thing blut but to see sea them cussed falls and come as near as 1 0 cents to a dollar off without scein sem iem cm arter all ail all ail if it a been for that are B bucherl I 1 was sold a fact call can I 1 run down there and babkin half an hour in time for tile the saige I 1 I 1 yes sir but you will vou you you have no time to see them 1 I 1 see em cuss gem lem em I 1 dont want meau to see sm ro I 1 tell you I 1 want to look at lerno em I 1 want to say aay ay I 1 was to the falls all give me my illy hat at quick so them ahll ahil the falls I 1 hant seed tile the falls of niagara after all what a devil of a take in that is aint ita it and lie he dove down stairs like a newfoundland dog into a pond arter a stone and out of sight in no time iti ill in ili about a half hour arter rufus raced off to the falls fails back ho comes as hard as lie he could tear a puffing find and a blosiu ilk lik like ilke a sizeable grampus you never seed such a figure as lie he was he wm was wet through and through and khedry dust kin to ins ills clothes made him look like a dog that had jump ed into the water and then took a roll into the road to dry b L itself he lie was a caution to look at a fact well sais 1 I stranger did you see seo the falls fatis yes sais lie 1 11 I have seed sem lem em and felt em too them very wet falls a fact I 1 hante a dry rag GO ou me if ir it been for th thit tint it ere BA latisher tisher I 1 have seed em at all aud kud yet a thought I 1 had been there all the time lima its a pity too loo that that winder dont bear on it for then you could see it without tile the trouble froin there I 1 or g ett d eked or gettin sa so I 1 got an awful fright fright there I 1 shall never forget it it I 1 live as lom low lonz long as m you know T hadn haan at much time iena left when I 1 found out I 1 been there arter all so to I 1 ran all tile the way right down as hard as I 1 could clip and seen some come folks comia comial out from onder the fall I 1 pushed straight ia in but the noise artilly stu stunned nned me and tile the spray wet me through and through like a piece of sponged cloth and the great bourin 1 liin inal llin ulin flood blinded ma me so I 1 see a bit and I 1 gone far in afore a cold wet clammy dead hand felt my face all over ili in believe was the indian squaw that went over the falls ili in the canoe or the crazy englisher Engli Eug lisher aher that tried to jump across it oh creation how cold it was the moment that spirit rose mine fell and I 1 artilly thought I 1 should have lumpus I 1 was so ake rd give ma me your liana said sais ghost fir I 1 see bothin but a kinder dirk d rk shader bhader give me your hand I 1 think it must ha been a squaw for it begged for all the world aist like ilke an indjian Ind gian glan id see you hanged fust said 1 I 1 I touch that are dead tacky hand 0 yourn bouru for half a million 0 hard dollars cash down without any ragged erends aud and with that I 1 turned to run out but lord love you I 1 run the stones was all wet and slimy and ou on cateral and I 1 expected every minute I 1 should held heels up and go for it them two chitters critters the ghost and tile the juicy ledge edge I 1 felt awful sheered eke ered I 1 tell you so I 1 begins to say eay my catechi catechism im whala your name saia sala 1 L rufus raus dodge who gave gare you yon that nome godfather and godmother granny eels what did they promse promise for you jou joul yoal v That that I 1 should riu renounce ounce the tha devil and all lis file ils works works work 1 I l get g t no farther I 1 stuck fatt jut there for I 1 had bad forgot it I 1 the tile moment I 1 juhost host hoat kinder jumped forward and seized me by my mention eni eni anti antl and emst pun puh 0 th beal MUI out 0 oar car aar my iny heart I 1 leu lej rt inott wi wint weilt ut ut agolig g boti wi h v i top tor I 1 tao nought tight my tine time 1 d come Y Q bi 11 irk sai sa i lerola of a fleat heathen heti I 1 fudim sib sis sir 1 I J itt lit t fie me go h his is blessed minute for lor I 1 renounce tile llie devil aid ai d all hi fits the llie devil and ull oil his works co o there thero now and let go a kick behind the wickedest wick edest you sou ou everbee eversee eve rbee reeo and luok look 11 11 right io 10 the tile bread brad balot balet iia tia kei kii 01 ol it yell 5 eli ell d and howled ltd nd iid screeched like a wounded hyena fill my ears fait fali fanlo iv riched racked gain guin i I 1 you i hild bild n ij 1 1 renounce jee you tie tle ti e world and arid tiie tile floh fl oh und and rid tid tiie llie devit devil and now sais sila stis 1 I a oil ou terry terr nim him olce more and turrini turi turl ini lui round and bew hew the thre iii pro in inise ise lse a lifto dut more 11 on for tor m a if ud lid t 11 ii if i to ir iii uli unee nigra ni gra ijara had und indjian i aini awl dt biad ad Bri dri mid and the tile whole seco veni breed jold J tid lid generation g nera tion of em froin ti lum lur nine niue forth tor lor evert exert evermore ilore I 1 adien A nien oh oil blazes how cold my face is is yet 5 el waiter winter half a pint of clear cocktail tomell so methin iiii to warin me oh that tl it cd c d hviid dad ddson ou vr v r touch a dead mau man s j nu nuit its s twill cold coid c id yu u many ancin de dr pend Is thoi e any adv mar mat kf on nty ni face t ice do you bee see the tr i ks of 0 tile lile hi gars there therb 7 noir no 1 cir kir sais sala 1 1 cut cui ivell ell eil th n I 1 teel feel them thein there sais bals be lie ax a pa plain iii lii anything i stranger St sais 1 I eit it was wet nealan but hut tome some poor no fouled L c itt lit ilter r like you dourif rIf lf that atas as acost to ceail and und u anted to bo helped out all mii I 1 said edid he lie him film right then he be might in ight have knowd how to fei fel fed for other folks aud and not thein lhnn BO so tily lily I 1 dont keer heer if he never neer gets out I t ut I 1 have my doubts about bout a its lesa ita bein afina a livin liviu human I 1 tell you if I 1 renounced the di clcil ia und and all ili lit his hii works that time lime I 1 dont know what the tile upshot would have heye been for or old scratch wua was there too I 1 gaw him a plain as a I 1 see sea you he rn mit out afore me and aal stop or lock look f ak taik as I 1 huid taid catechism cate chim lid ild was in his old shape of the sar pent he was the matter of a yard ard ird long and at a thick around as my iny arm aid tr avold aveld bell beli belly beliy flounder fhi fbi aloin when heik bell I 1 touched laud land he tie dodged into an eddy end out of bight sight it in no flo ille ilie tile lime oh there is is tio 1116 mistake tahe take ill take my oath of it I 1 see iee kee liun I 1 did upon my lily soul soui it was the tile old gent gont gentleman leman ieman bis his bisseth self fm hae come there tl I 1 e I 1 a to coul cool h b shelf oh it was tile the devil a act fact it was bothin but a fresh water eel epi sais gais gals gais 1 I 11 1 I ha thousands eflein ther eror mes kes of them rocks are ure chock full of or em how call can vou you come tor or to 0 o go for to talk arter that fashion you area arpa disgrace to 0 o our great nation you ou groat coward N on an ali arne Aine american rican catiz ti la Is a feerd of lothal b but ut a bad bed or buin bein found out well weil that posed nosed him film beseemed he be seemed kinder bothered and looked down I 1 faa san ali arl eel eh well weil ft ell eil it maught be an oil eel etl 1 1 fals fais fais pais 1 I obits a fact I 1 think of that but then if ir it was it was godmother granny greatly eells that promised I 1 should renounce the devil and ali all ills works words vi arks th t to k that shape alid and come I 1 to kep kp ke p my bargain she died fifty years hgo ago poor old soul and never dever kept hept colli company pany with budgins Ind lud gins or any such heavens and birth I 1 dont wonder the falls fall wakes wilkes the dead it makes such an everlasting almighty noise does fregara fi egara waiter more cocktail thal thul last ian was as weak weik as water yes sir and lie he swall ered it like wink the stage ii il ready sir Is it M gaid mid lie and he tri lut lumped 0 ped in all wet as he be was as for time is money moneys and d he want tit to waste neither As it drove off I 1 heared it him IT weli well rhems the falls eh oil so I 1 have s seen ee n t the I 1 lo 10 falls ol 01 Nf niagara agara and 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