"That's pretty thin," said Keyser; "you had a grudge agin that pig because you couldn't scare up a pig like him, and you killed him on purpose."
"That's perfectly ridiculous."
"Oh, maybe it is. You'll just fork over two hundred dollars for that piece of pork, if you please."
"I'll see you in Egypt first."
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Peter whipped; but if Keyser did give in first, Peter went home with a bleeding nose, and the next day he was arrested for killing the pig. The case is coming up soon, and Peter's brother is on, ready to testify about that cane. Peter himself walks now with a hickory stick.
CHAPTER XIV.
RESPECTING CERTAIN SAVAGES.
When young Mr. Spooner, Judge Twiddler's nephew, left college, he made up his mind to enter the ministry and become a missionary. One day he met Captain Hubbs; and when he mentioned that he thought of going out as a missionary, Captain Hubbs asked him, "Where are you going?"
S. "To the Navigator Islands. I sail in October."