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And then Robbins died, and at the funeral he bursted off the lid and riz up in his shroud and told the parson to let up on the performances, becuz he could not stand such a coffin as that. You see he had been in a trance once before, when he was young, and he took the chances on another, cal'lating that if he made the trip it was money in his pocket, and if he missed fire he couldn't lose a cent.
And then Robbins died, and at the funeral he bursted off the lid and riz up in his shroud and told the parson to let up on the performances, becuz he could not stand such a coffin as that. You see he had been in a trance once before, when he was young, and he took the chances on another, cal'lating that if he made the trip it was money in his pocket, and if he missed fire he couldn't lose a cent.
I hope 'twill be fair, too, 'cause I was cal'lating to get a day off and borrer your horse and buggy and go over to the Ostable camp-meeting. It's the big day over there," he says. Now, I knew of course, that he meant he was going to take the widder with him, but Peter spoke up and says he: "Sorry, Beriah, but you're too late. Eben asked me for the horse and buggy this morning.
"We've got a pretty good idea who the cur is, but we ain't exactly sure." "Where'd he come from?" "The city." "Who brung him in here?" "We ain't just sure of that, yet." "What in h What's he cal'lating to do?" "He figures to lick the tar out of the parson. And by the blazes of the inferno, if he does " It was plain that civil war was to ensue if the contest went against Mr. McGowan.
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