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"This is goin' to be a day o' pure fun genuwine an' uncommon. Take some griddlers," he added as three or four of them fell on my plate. "Put on plenty o' ham gravy an' molasses. This ain't no Jackman tavern. I got hold o' somethin' down there that tasted so I had to swaller twice on it." About eleven o'clock Uncle Hiram and Aunt Eliza and their five children arrived with loud and merry greetings.
There ain't nobody here to pay what that little hobjec's worth. Hoil it up with a drop of cold linseed and leave it all night, and then in the morning you rub it on yer trouser leg to shine it, and then rub it in the mud to dirty it, and then hoil it again and dirty it again, and you'll get 'arf a thick 'un for it as a genuwine hold antique. That's wot you do."
'Yer up 'n the air, Mose, said another. 'Need a sinker on ye. They bullied him they talked him down, demurring mildly, but firmly. 'Tell ye what I'll do, said Mose sheepishly, 'I'll b'lieve you fellers if you'll b'lieve me. 'What, swop even? Not much! said one, with emphasis. ''Twouldn't be fair. Ye've ast us t' b'lieve a genuwine out 'n out impossibility.
Uncle Eb drew out his wallet with trembling hands, his fine old face lit with a deep emotion. David looked up at him as he wondered what joke was coming, until he saw his excitement. 'Here's twenty thousan' dollars, said Uncle Eb, 'a reel, genuwine bank check! Jist as good as gold. Here 'tis! A Crissmus present fer you 'n Elizabeth. An' may God bless ye both! David looked up incredulously.
'Dunno's ye'll ever care to wear it, but I want ye should hev sumthin' ye can carry'n yer pocket t' remember me by. I did not dare trust myself to speak, and I sat helplessly turning that relic of a better day in my fingers. 'It's genuwine silver, said he proudly. I took his old hand in mine and raised it reverently to my lips.
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