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"Now, whut'd you do if a man was to kivver you like I'm a-doin' now?" demanded his mother. "G-g-g-Gawd, Maw, I dunno! I think I'd j-j-j-jump off in the river," confessed the boy. "Shore you would, and good luck if you'd git plumb drownded, you white-livered son of misery.
You better keep offo' Kingdom Come," and then he stopped with an expression of quick alarm, looked around him into the bushes and dropped his voice to a whisper: "But I hain't sayin' a word rickollect now not a word!" Chad laughed aloud. "What's the matter with you, Hence?" Hence put one finger on one side of his nose still speaking in a low tone: "Whut'd I say, Chad? D'I say one word?"
There was a ringing in his ears. He kept repeating to himself that, if he lost his temper, she would never become communicative. He began all over again, patient, persistent When Mattie came back with the oranges, she met Lucy just outside the kitchen door. There were no tears in the Thomas woman's eyes, but she seemed greatly distressed. "Whut'd he want offen you?"
"Ye done it skilful," said D'ri, smiling. "Whut'd I tell ye?" I made no answer, being too full of happiness at the moment. "Tell ye one thing, Ray," he went on soberly: "ef a boy an' a gal loves one 'nother, an' he has any grit in 'im, can't nuthin' keep 'em apart long." He straightened the mane of his horse, and then added: "Ner they can't nuthin' conquer 'em."
"Well, I'd go an' I hain't got no daddy er mammy." Chad stopped his whittling. "Whut'd you say, Lissy?" he asked, gravely. Melissa was frightened the boy looked so serious. "Cross yo' heart an' body that you won't NUVER tell NO body." Chad crossed. "Well, mammy said I mustn't ever tell nobody but I HAIN'T got no daddy er mammy. I heerd her a-tellin' the school-teacher."
"Hello, Steve!" answered the boy, but they did not shake hands, not because of the hard feeling between them, but because it was not mountain custom. "Come on in an' lay down." Mavis had gone upstairs, but she could hear the voices below her. If Mavis had been hesitant about asking questions, as had been the boy's mother as well, Steve was not. "Whut'd you come up here fer?"
Here was the place where she had got angry with Hale, had slid from his horse and stormed with tears. What a little fool she had been when Hale had meant only to be kind! He was never anything but kind Jack was dear, dear Jack! That wouldn't happen NO more, she thought, and straightway she corrected that thought. "It won't happen ANY more," she said aloud. "Whut'd you say, June?"
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