"Well, jedge, it's like dis. I done jump as you say, and collar dat man, and bring him ter shore, but wa'd you think? I owe dat man five dollars for six months, and I spects I'll get anoder of dem bills fer it same as before. Dat's my luck to rescue de man what Ise owes money to."
THE TRACKS THE DUCK LEAVES.
This ducklet's tracks so much resemble autumn leaves, that they
Are often by the north wind gathered up and blown away.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Begun in Harper's Round Table No. 879.