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Title: Rudder Grange
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902
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Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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t do no good. Leave the letter there,an dont say nothin about it. Well stay here tillafternoon quite quiet, an then well go away. Thatgarden wall isnt high. An how about the trunk? says I. Oh, well take a few things in our pockets, anlock up the trunk, an ask the doctor to send for itwhen we get to the city. All right, says I. An we went to work to getready to leave. About five oclock in the afternoon, when it wasa nice time to take a walk under the trees, we mean-dered quietly down to a corner of the back wall whereJone thought it would be rather convenient to getover. He hunted up a short piece of board, which heleaned up agin the wall, an then he put his foot onthe top of that an got hold of the top of the wall anclimbed up, as easy as nothin. Then he reacheddown to help me step onto the board. But jus as hewas a-goin to take me by the hand, Hello, says he,look-a-there! An I turned round an looked, anif there wasnt Mrs. Andrew Jackson an General TomThumb a-walkin down the path. 182
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if^....c->*^.72 Hello ! Look a-there! RUDDER GRANGE What shall wedo? says I. Come along/ says he. We aint a-goin to stopfor them. Get up, all the same.7 I tried to get up as he said, but it wasnt so easyfor me on account of my not bein such a high-stepperas Jone, an I was a good while a-gettin a good footinon the board. Mrs. Jackson an the General they came right upto us, an set down on a bench which was fastened be-tween two trees near the wall. An there they set,a-lookin steady at us with their four little eyes, likefour empty thimbles. You appear to be goin away, says Mrs. Jackson. Yes, says Jone from the top of the wall. Werea-goin to take a slight stroll outside, this salu-briouseveninV Do you think, says she, that the United StatesBank would be open this time of day ? Oh, no, says Jone, the banks all close at threeoclock. Its a good deal after that now. But if I told the officers who I was, wouldnt thatmake a difference? says she. Wouldnt they godown an open the bank ? Not mu

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