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Dis damn LeFroy, he bane bad man. He vork by Lapierre, and he tak' de vhiskey to jour Injuns, but he don't vork no more by Lapierre; he vork by me. Ay goin' to marry him, and ju bet Ay keep him gude, or Ay bust de stove chunk 'crost his head. He vork by Mees Chloe now, and he lak ju gif him chance to show he ain't no bad man no more."
Dey got it comin'. Dey should not ought to drink Lapierre's vhiskey." "Lapierre's whiskey!" cried the girl. "Are you crazy?" "Naw, Ay tank Ay ain't so crazy. Lapierre he fool ju long tam'." "What do you mean," asked Chloe. "Ah, das a'right," answered the woman. "He fool ju gude, but he ain't fool Big Lena. Ay know all about him for a jear."
"Why why, Lapierre told me." Again Big Lena laughed. "Yah, Lapierre tal ju, but, LeFroy, he don't know nuthin' 'bout no vhiskey-runners. Only him and Lapierre dos all de vhiskey-running in dis country. LeFroy, he tal me all 'bout das. He tak' das vhiskey up dere and he sell it to MacNair's Injuns, and MacNair shoot after him and kill two LeFroy's men.
"But," pursued the girl, "Lapierre was with us that night!" Lena shrugged. "Yah, Lapierre very smart. He send LeFroy 'long wit' das vhiskey. Den v'en he know MacNair's Injuns git awful drunk, he tak' ju 'long for see it." "LeFroy!" cried Chloe. "Why, LeFroy was off to the eastward trying to run down some whiskey-runners." Big Lena laughed derisively. "How ju fin' out?" she asked. Chloe hesitated.
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