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You come a-shinneyin' up to nine out o' ten men 'long the river like this, an' your purty, coaxin', palaverin' way won't save a feather on you. You'll get the little red heart shot plumb outen your little red body, an' that's what you'll get. It's a dratted shame! An' there's law to protect you, too. They's a good big fine for killin' such as you, but nobody seems to push it.
"Reckon this feller ridin' up will take down the prize money," remarked Holley, and he pointed to a man who rode a huge, shaggy, black horse and was leading Lucy's pony. "A-huh!" exclaimed Bostil. "A strange rider." "An' here comes Lucy coaxin' the stallion back," added Holley. "A wild stallion never clear broke!" ejaculated Cordts.
She put the ham on the table, and some bubbling coffee, and then, from a hickory board in front of the fire, took off, with a jerk, brown, flaky slices of Virginia johnny-cake. "Ther' yoh are, father, hot 'n' hot," with her face on fire, "ther' yoh are, coaxin' to be eatin'. Why, Mr. Holmes! Father! Now, ef yoh jes' hedn't hed yer supper?" She came up, coaxingly.
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