Camping among the 'Tombs 
my little hut, which was about four or five feet 
long by about three or four in width, tied 
little branches across from forks in the bushes 
to support a roof of rushes, and spread a thick 
mattress of Long Moss over the floor for a bed. 
My whole establishment was on so small a 
scale that I could have taken up, not only my 
bed, but my whole house, and walked. There 
I lay that night, eating a few crackers. 
Next day I returned to the town and was 
disappointed as usual in obtaining money. So 
after spending the day looking at the plants in 
the gardens of the fine residences and town 
squares, I returned to my graveyard home. 
That I might not be observed and suspected 
of hiding, as if I had committed a crime, I 
always went home after dark, and one night, 
as I lay down in my moss nest, I felt some 
cold-blooded creature in it; whether a snake 
or simply a frog or toad I do not know, but 
instinctively, instead of drawing back my 
hand, I grasped the poor creature and threw 
it over the tops of the bushes. That was 
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