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You are right, friend,
you are right; we must all be hidden, and that speedily. But what to
do with the ass! Friend Doctor, do you truly value the life of the
creatur'?"
"He is an ancient and faithful servant," returned the disconsolate
Obed, "and with pain should I see him come to any harm. Fetter his
lower limbs, and leave him to repose in this bed of herbage. I will
engage he shall be found where he is left, in the morning."
"And the Siouxes? What would become of the beast should any of the red
imps catch a peep at his ears, growing up out of the grass like to
mullein-tops?" cried the bee-hunter. "They would stick him as full of
arrows, as a woman's cushion is full of pins, and then believe they
had done the job for the father of all rabbits! My word for it out
they would find out their blunder at the first mouthful!"
Middleton, who began to grow impatient under the protracted
discussion, interposed, and, as a good deal of deference was paid to
his rank, he quickly prevailed in his efforts to effect a sort of
compromise.


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