it the men o j was more in the of his neck that the height lay than in any honesty o bone and five feet and a few odd inches may have been his real height the remainder came out when he held up his head and feet seven he was upon the door i took his measure in chalk on a chair and next to him but a made man ruddy and of a fair countenance was � that they called the fir he was but feet five and a child beside i and when the three walked out together they made a run through the colony o the ran round them as though they had been the giant trees in the valley � these three men o it was perfectly ridiculous a � that one little place should have contained maybe the three men upon the face o the earth now the order o things for it led to the finest big drink in and ax sore heads the mom that endured for a week i am against liquor but the event to follow was a justification you must understand that many call at wi strangers o the profession in the spring time when the young were the trees o the forests were putting forth their leaves there came an american man to and he was six foot three or it may have been four in his stockings he came on business from but he stayed for pleasure wi the men o less than a half o the population were in their and stature ye will understand � and merchants five feet nine or he had business with those two and he stood above them from the six feet o his height till they went j life s to drink in the course o conversation he said as tall men wiu things about his height and the trouble of it to him that was his pride o the flesh as the longest man in the island he said but there they took him up and asked if he were sure i say i am the longest man in the island he said and on that i ll bet my substance they laid down the bed plates of a big drink then and there and put it aside while they called from his house near by among the how s a wi you said and came in by the side o the two inches or it been one taller than he you re long said the man opening his eyes but i am longer an they sent a whistle through the night an out sandy from his bit and he came in an stood by the side o an the pair just the room to the ceiling cloth the man was a player and a most profane you hold both he said but the is with me fair an softly says s here says that man putting his leg through the window and coming in like an o the desert by one foot in and one in and a hand in north it may be are you suited said when the hinder end o was through the sill an the head of was lost in the smoke away above the american man took out his card and put it on the table b longer is my name america is my nation is my resting place but this here beats creation said he boys giants � side show giants � i the men lar t minded to slide out of my bet if i had been on the strength of the riddle on this board i would have done it if you had me even by three inches but when it comes to feet � yards � miles i am not the man to the biggest drink that ever made the travellers joy palm blush with indignation or the and the howl with envy set them up and continue till the final mon i tell you twas an awful sight to see those four giants about the house and the island and down the pillars thereof an throwing palm trees and their long legs round the hills o an sight i was there i did not mean to tell you but it s out now i was not overcome for i e en sat me down under the pieces o the table at four the mom an meditated upon the strangeness of things yon s the breakfast and the german flag across the deck in his pink a cup of tea in one hand and a in the other when the steamer was down the coast on her way to he drank beer all day and all night and played a game called with three i washed said he in a voice of but is no use washing on these hell seas look at me � i am still all wet and it is der tea dot makes me so boy bring me on ice you will die if you drink beer before breakfast said one man beer is the worst thing in the world for i know � der liver i no liver i shall not die at least i will not die dot no beer fit to if i should died i will don so a before in in new york in in und all over der inside of south also in should i died or in but i am here und der are my dot i have all the to find he pointed towards the wheel where in two rough wooden boxes lay a mass of vegetation supposed by all the ship to represent of value now do not grow in the main streets of towns k by co and the german flag and had gone far to get his there was nothing that he had not collected that year from king to white now said he 