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It was only the next day that Bud was theLovin Child

find a fortune for himself; which eased Bud's mind considerably, and

balanced better his half of the responsibility Cutting out the dramatic

frills, then, this is what happened to Lovin Child and Bud: They were ro around the cabin, like two puppies that had a surplus

of energy to work off Part of the ti

Bud up and down the dead line, which was getting pretty orn out

in places After that, Bud was a bear and chased Lovin And when Lovin

Child got so tickled he was perfectly helpless in the corner where he

had sought refuge, Bud caught hirab handfuls of dirt out of the roof

Lovin Child liked that better than being a bear, and sifted Bud's hair

full of dried mud, and threw the rest on the floor, and frequently cried

"Tell a worl'!" which he had learned from Bud and could say with the

uncanny pertinency of a parrot

He had signified a desire to have Bud carry hi the wall, where

so log Then

he leaned and grabbed with his two fat hands at a particularly big, hard

lump It came away in his hands and fell plu Bud with the dust that came with it

"Hey! You'll have all the chinkin' out of the dang shack, if you let