ILLUSTRATIONS.

"ONE DAY HE CAME UP TO MY BOY WHERE HE SAT FISHING"

[Frontispiece.]

THE "FIRST LOCK"

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"THE PASSENGER IS A ONE-LEGGED MAN"

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"RUN, RUN! THE CONSTABLE WILL CATCH YOU!"

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"HE TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD GOT THEM NOW"

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"THAT HONOR WAS RESERVED FOR MEN OF THE KIND I HAVE MENTIONED"

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"A CITIZEN'S CHARACTER FOR CLEVERNESS OR MEANNESS WAS FIXED BY HIS WALKING ROUND OR OVER THE RINGS"

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KITE TIME

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"THE BOYS BEGAN TO CELEBRATE IT WITH GUNS AND PISTOLS"

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THE "BUTLER GUARDS"

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"ALL AT ONCE THERE THE INDIANS WERE"

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FORAGING

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"THE BEACON OF DEATH "

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"HE ALWAYS RAN BY THE PLACE AS FAST AS HE COULD"

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"THE ARTIST SEEMED SATISFIED HIMSELF"

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"MY BOY REMEMBERS COMING FROM CINCINNATI IN THE STAGE"

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