"Don't ye intermate an' insinerate; for if ye do, I kin fling out some insinerations likewise. Yeou jest open yer mouth about me stealin' an' I'll put a flea in old man Cameron's ear. Ha! Ye know what I mean. Better hev a care, Jabe Potter better hev a care!" There was silence.

I don't say nothin', nor insinerate nothin', but I won't consent to have the town pay what belongs to the Tracys.