aited

Updated: May 16, 2025

I said to him, "Patsey, how did the bear get away?" "He runned away, sure, sur." "Yes; but how did he get loose?" "He aited the rope aff, I suppose, sure. I seed him goin', and thought it'd be no harm to spake to the boys, sur." "That was all right, Patsey; but you didn't turn him loose, did you?" "I turn him loose, sur! Phat would I be doin' that fur?"

Samuel Woodworth Cozzens - The Young Trail Hunters : Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West