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She paused, and in the long-escaping breath from her lips came an unmistakable note of scorn. "Ye talks of healin' a breach, Gran'pap, but ye kain't heal no breach by tyin' a woman up ter a man she kain't never love. Thar'd be a breach right hyar under this roof ter start with from ther commencement."
Then the ol' home kotched afire an' then me'n Miss Ann didn't have no sho' 'nough home an' we got ter visitin' roun' an' Marse Bob, yo' gran'pap, kep a pleadin' an' Miss Ann she kep' a visitin', fust one place then anudder, an' Marse Bob he got kinder tired a followin' aroun' takin' our dus' an' befo' you knowd it he done tramsfered his infections ter yo' gran'mammy, an' a nice lady she wa', but can't none er them hol' a can'le ter my Miss Ann, then or now 'cept'n maybe that purty red-headed gal what goes a whizzin' aroun' the county an' don't drap her eyes fer nobody.
"She's thes es much like her Gran'pap Poteet," said Mrs. Hightower, "ez ef he'd 'a' spit'er right out'n his mouth that she is." This led to a series of reminiscences more or less entertaining, until after a while, Sis, who had been growing more and more restless, rose and said "Good night, folks; I'm tired and sleepy. The clock has struck eleven." "Yes," said Mrs.
"When my gran'pap war a-strivin' aginst all manner of odds fer peace," she said, disdainfully, "thar was them thet kept hamperin' him by whoopin' on ther troublemakers an' I've done heered him say thet one turrible hard man ter reason with bore ther name of Aaron Capper." The elderly spokesman of the delegation flushed brick-red and his heavy lashes gathered close in a menacing scowl.
When we get back to Thunder Run I air a-goin' to hang it over the fireplace. I reckon it air a-goin' to look right interestin'. Pap, he has a saplin' marked for b'ar an' wolves, an' gran'pap he has one his pap marked for Indians " "Throw it away!" said Coffin sharply. "It isn't regular. Do as I tell you." Billy stared. "But I don't want to.
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