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that in a short time he had a large pile of heavy sticks 

 ready for the all-night fire. 



"Here W are and here,- Mipprr tit for a kiim!" sail li- 

 mit Hrnson. na that worthy approached, holding up a 

 string of trout. The ponderous Professor, following hard 

 after, added "and, gentlemen, if there's to he a division of 

 labor in this camp, please allot to me the task of providing 

 brain food for this company, as found embodied in the 

 speckled trout of -lock's Lake." 



Il \\asalmost no time before the trout, with a little fat 

 pork, were in the frying-pan: and I lorace watched them 

 .1- they hied and >i//.leil and eurled. and turned them at 

 the opportune moment, and at leirjth pronounced them 

 done. 



"And I must confess, well done, thougood and faithful 

 cook!" said Thompson, who -ei/.ed a little trout by the 

 tail and swung it deftly to his moulh and closed hi.- teeth 

 Upon the delieioll- nior.-el. 



1 enter a protest," exclaimed the lawyer of Hie party, 

 "against any unequal distribution of the assets of this firm ; 

 share and share alike is a part of the original contract 

 l:etween us. Besides, a clerk in the I'nited States Treasury 

 ought to have learned to treat the publie property that 

 (dines within his reach a little more sacredly." 



"If you Avere on ship board, Thomp.," said the sailor- 

 merchant, "you'd be rolled on a barrel for that trick." 



"It strikes me, gentlemen," retorted Thompson, "that 

 by your common consent 1 am your Captain. Therefore, 

 1 make the laws. 1 here and now" and he munched his 



