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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.

"Roun' de which?"

"Harem."

"What's de harem?"

"The place where he keep his wives. Don't you know about the harem? Solomon had one; he had about a million wives." king standing, with many wives sitting on ground before him
SOLOMON AND HIS MILLION WIVES.

"Why, yes, dat's so; I—I'd done forgot it. A harem's a bo'd'n-house, I reck'n. Mos' likely dey has rackety times in de nursery. En I reck’n de wives quarrels considable; en dat 'creage de racket. Yit dey say Sollermun de wises man dat ever live'. I doan' take no stock in dat. Bekase why: would a wise man want to live in de mids' er sich a blimblammin' all de time? No—'deed he wouldn't. A wise man 'ud take en