Chapter 31

           WEdasn’tstopagainatanytownfordaysanddays;keptrightalongdowntheriver.Wewasdownsouthinthewarmweathernow,andamightylongwaysfromhome.WebeguntocometotreeswithSpanishmossonthem,hangingdownfromthelimbslikelong,graybeards.ItwasthefirstIeverseeitgrowing,anditmadethewoodslooksolemnanddismal.Sonowthefraudsreckonedtheywasoutofdanger,andtheybeguntoworkthevillagesagain.

           Firsttheydonealectureontemperance;buttheydidn’tmakeenoughforthembothtogetdrunkon.Theninanothervillagetheystartedadancing-school;buttheydidn’tknownomorehowtodancethanakangaroodoes;sothefirstprancetheymadethegeneralpublicjumpedinandprancedthemoutoftown.Anothertimetheytriedtogoatyellocution;buttheydidn’tyellocutelongtilltheaudiencegotupandgivethemasolidgoodcussing,andmadethemskipout.Theytackledmissionarying,andmesmerizing,anddoctoring,andtellingfortunes,andalittleofeverything;buttheycouldn’tseemtohavenoluck.Soatlasttheygotjustaboutdeadbroke,andlaidaroundtheraftasshefloatedalong,thinkingandthinking,andneversayingnothing,bythehalfadayatatime,anddreadfulblueanddesperate.

           Andatlasttheytookachangeandbeguntolaytheirheadstogetherinthewigwamandtalklowandconfidentialtwoorthreehoursatatime.Jimandmegotuneasy.Wedidn’tlikethelookofit.Wejudgedtheywasstudyingupsomekindofworsedeviltrythanever.

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