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Fu'st thing you know you'll be drappin' off in a snooze out thar, an' missin' him!" "Don't let that worry you," Dale clenched his fists. "I got to be with these books all day, an' I got to watch for him at night or the books won't do me any good." "I don't quite foller yoh reasonin'!" "I didn't think you would," he gave Jess a superior look. "Got any news?"
The line runs right acrost my simblin' patch, an' backs up ag'in' my hoss-stable." "Tooby shore tooby shore!" exclaimed the squire. "Tut-tut! What am I doin'? My mind is drappin' loose like seed-ticks from a shumake bush. Tooby shore, it's the Mathis lot. Mr. Wooderd, Mr. Poteet Mr. Poteet, Mr. Wooderd; lem me make you interduced, gents." Mr.
Well, they've come drappin' down ag'in, an' they landed into New Madrid yestehd'y evenin'. Likely they 'lowed to raid some commissary down b'low cayn't tell what they did 'low to do. But they picked good pickin's down theh! Feller come down lookin' fo' a woman, hisn's I expect. Anyhow, he's a strangeh on the riveh. He's got a nice power boat, an' likely he's got money. If he has, good-bye!
The next day was calm all day long, and Terabon went up the bank to shoot squirrels or other woods game; he went almost up to the Plum Point, killed several head of game, and rejoiced in the bayous and sloughs and chutes of a changing land. The following morning he was hailed by Slamey: "Hi i, Terabon! Theh's a shanty-boat up the head of Flower Island Bar jes' drappin' in.
"Now ef you wanted to keep in wid Marster Carr don' drap you shoes in de field an' leave 'em he'd beat you; you mus' tote you' shoes frum one field to de tother, didn' a dog ud be bettern you. He'd say 'You gun-haided devil, drappin' you' shoes and eve'thin' over de field'."
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