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'But afther this performince is over me an' the Ghost 'll trample the tripes out av you, Terence, wid your ass's bray! An' that's how I come to know about Hamlut. Eyah! Those days, those days! Did you iver have onendin' devilmint an' nothin' to pay for it in your life, sorr?" "Never, without having to pay," I said. "That's thrue!
"Didn't take Abe long to git to braggin' an' drinkin' an' naggin' an' hectorin' everything, 'mos', 'cept fightin'. Nobody ever drawed Abe Shivers into a fight. I don't know as he was afeerd; looked like Abe was a-havin' sech a tarnation good time with his devilmint he jes didn't want to run no risk o' havin' hit stopped. An' sech devilmint! Hit ud take a coon's age, I reckon, to tell ye.
Did you iver have onendin' devilmint an' nothin' to pay for it in your life, sorr? 'Never, without having to pay, I said. 'That's thrue! 'Tis mane whin you considher on ut; but ut's the same wid horse or fut. A headache if you dhrink, an' a belly-ache if you eat too much, an' a heart-ache to kape all down. Faith, the beast only gets the colic, an' he's the lucky man.
"I bet you burned that toll-gate the morning I left here. Thar's devilmint goin' on everywhar, an' if there's any around you I know you can't keep out o' it." Steve laughed with relief. "You can't git away with devilmint here like you can in the mountains, an' I'm 'tendin' to my own business."
"If she wakes up and gets out on the road while we're gone, won't I catch it, though!" he exclaimed to Bud in an undertone. "Shet the doah," suggested Bud. "No, she'd sut'n'ly get into some devilmint if she was shet in by herself," he answered. "How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!"
Well, Abe Shivers was a-workin' fer Tom you've heerd tell o' Abe an' the furriner wasn't more'n half gone afore Tom seed that Abe was up to some of his devilMINT. Abe kin hatch up more devilMINT in a minit than Satan hisself kin in a week; so Tom jes got Abe out'n the stable under a hoe-handle, an' tol' him to tell the whole thing straight ur he'd have to go to glory right thar. An' Abe tol'!
A heavy footfall had crunched on the quiet air, the bushes had parted, and a huge mountaineer towered above them with a Winchester over his shoulder and a kindly smile under his heavy beard. The boy was startled not frightened. "Hello, Babe!" he said coolly. "Whut devilmint you up to now?"
A shout of laughter bore witness to the truth of the sketch. "It's pretty to think of," said the Kerry man slowly. "Mulcahy would have us do all the devilmint, and get clear himself, someways. He wudn't be takin' all this fool's throuble in shpoilin' the reputation of the regimint " "Reputation of your grandmother's pig!" said Dan. "Well, an' he had a good reputation tu; so it's all right.
A shout of laughter bore witness to the truth of the sketch. 'It's pretty to think of, said the Kerry man slowly. 'Mulcahy would have us do all the devilmint, and get clear himself, someways. He wudn't be takin' all this fool's throuble in shpoilin' the reputation of the regiment 'Reputation of your grandmother's pig! said Dan. 'Well, an' HE had a good reputation tu; so it's all right.
Mebbe you've noticed whut fellers us mountain folks air fer whisperin'. You've seed fellers a-whisperin' all over Hazlan on court day, hain't ye? Ole Tom Perkins 'll put his arm aroun' yo' neck an' whisper in yo' year ef he's ten mile out'n the woods. I reckon thar's jes so much devilmint a-goin' on in these mountains, folks is naturely afeerd to talk out loud.
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