shouted Sam , seeing little hope of rescue if he let this chance go . `` All right ! '' and back came Ben , ready for further negotiations . `` I 'll promise not to plague you , if you 'll promise not to tell on me . Is that what you want ? '' `` Now I come to think of it , there is one thing more . I like to make a good bargain when I begin , '' said Ben , with a shrewd air . `` You must promise to keep Mose quiet , too . He follows your lead , and if you tell him to stop it he will . If I was big enough , I 'd make you hold your tongues . I ai n't , so we 'll try this way . '' `` Yes , Yes , I 'll see to Mose . Now , bring on a rail , there 's a good fellow . I 've got a horrid cramp in my legs , '' began Sam , thinking he had bought help dearly , yet admiring Ben 's cleverness in making the most of his chance . Ben brought the rail , but , just as he was about to lay it from the main-land to the nearest tussock , he stopped , saying , with the naughty twinkle in his black eyes again , `` One more little thing must be settled first , and then I 'll get you ashore . Promise you wo n't plague the girls either , ` specially Bab and Betty . You pull their hair , and they do n't like it . '' `` Do n't neither ! Would n't touch that Bab for a dollar ; she scratches and bites like a mad cat , '' was Sam 's sulky reply . `` Glad of it ; she can take care of herself .
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