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"Thought you'd be on the spot for once, did you, Rube?" inquired Hi

Holler "Well, seeing you're here, weup a'Twould be too bad to

have nothing happen, seeing you are on hand for once"

The choir joined heartily in the laugh on the constable, aited

till it had subsided and then said: "Well, what's thethe

public peace There's law for it--'disturbin' the public peace with

strange sounds at late and unusual hours of the night'"

"All right, constable," said Cynthia, "I suppose you'll drive us to

jail in that rig o' yourn I'd be willing to stay there sixbehind so spry a piece of horse-flesh as that"

"'Tain't the horseflesh she's after, constable, it's the driver

Everyone 'round here kno Cynthia dew admire you"

"Professional jealousy is what's at the bottom of this," declared Kate,

"the choir is jealous of Uncle Rube's reputation as a singer, and Uncle

Rube does not care for the choir's new-fangled

Rivalry! Rivalry! That's what the ht, Miss Kate," squeaked the constable, "they're jealous of

, and

do-re- can touch me If I turned professional to-day, I'd ether"