the enchanted bluff-第3章

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beyond　the　high　plank　fence　and　the　comfortable　shade　of　the



cottonwood。　　And；　indeed；　it　was　under　that　very　tree　that　he　died



one　summer　morning。







Tip　Smith　still　talks　about　going　to　New　Mexico。　　He　married



a　slatternly；　unthrifty　country　girl；　has　been　much　tied　to　a



perambulator；　and　has　grown　stooped　and　grey　from　irregular



meals　and　broken　sleep。　　But　the　worst　of　his　difficulties　are　now



over；　and　he　has；　as　he　says；　come　into　easy　water。　　When　I　was



last　in　Sandtown　I　walked　home　with　him　late　one　moonlight　night；



after　he　had　balanced　his　cash　and　shut　up　his　store。　　We　took　the



long　way　around　and　sat　down　on　the　schoolhouse　steps；　and　between



us　we　quite　revived　the　romance　of　the　lone　red　rock　and　the



extinct　people。　　Tip　insists　that　he　still　means　to　go　down　there；



but　he　thinks　now　he　will　wait　until　his　boy　Bert　is　old　enough　to



go　with　him。　　Bert　has　been　let　into　the　story；　and　thinks　of



nothing　but　the　Enchanted　Bluff。









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