clod-head

Updated: May 9, 2025

Let's go back yonder and find out why that negro sits there suckling his gun to sleep." "But if he suckles it to sleep there's no harm in it, Uncle Gideon." "Ah, clod-head, but it may have bad dreams and wake up with a cry. Let's go back there." "Are you in earnest?" "As earnest as a last will and testament." "Then let me tell you that I'll do nothing of the sort.

Opie Percival Read - An Arkansas Planter