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"Miss Westfall," he said, "Miss Diane she says she's a-goin' to a spot by the river and camp a week an' an' if she finds anybody a-follerin' or spyin' on her from the farm, she'll skin him alive an' an' them black eyes o' her'n snapped fire when she said it. An' Johnny, he's got weepons 'nough with him to fight pirutes."
He also pulled down from a nail on the wall a dry stalk of tobacco and proceeded to crush and crumble some of the crisp leaves in his big palm. "Me? I don't see 'at I've got a thing to say in the matter," he retorted, with a grimace that bore a slight resemblance to a smile. "You wus tellin' me jest t'other day 'at the lan' an' house wus in yore name an' her'n, an' 'at I had no right to put in.
Sure enough a rough-looking fellow, his hat pulled over his eyes, half concealed behind a pile of lumber, was casting a sinister glance toward the pair. "The gal's well enough," continued Sam; "but I don't take a cent's wuth of stock in thet thar father of her'n. He's in with them sharps, sure pop, an' it don't suit his book to hev Foster hangin' round.
"Yuh've made many things plain to me that I was too locoed to see before. But tell me straight, is that true about her'n Ken?" She nodded mutely, not daring to meet his eyes. He looked long into the starlit sky, and Abbie, emboldened after a time by his seeming composure, rose and bade him good night. He reached out for the cigarette materials laid convenient to his hand.
They all think I'm crazy, an' they won't interfere with me not till they find out different. Your mother; she'll give us good help, once we git to her. There's them that thinks Laurelly is light-minded and childish, but I could tell 'em she's got a heap of sense in that thar pretty little head o' her'n." "Oh, Uncle Pros!
"'Whose side-saddle is this? "'Slim Sall Dowdie's. "'Shift it on to the deacon's beast, and put his on to her'n and tie the two critters together by the tail. This is old Mother Pitcher's waggon; her hoss kicks like a grasshopper. Lengthen the breechin', and when aunty starts, he'll make all fly agin into shavin's, like a plane. Who is that a comin' along full split there a horseback?
Sure enough a rough-looking fellow, his hat pulled over his eyes, half concealed behind a pile of lumber, was casting a sinister glance toward the pair. "The gal's well enough," continued Sam; "but I don't take a cent's wuth of stock in thet thar father of her'n. He's in with them sharps, sure pop, an' it don't suit his book to hev Foster hangin' round.
"Don't ye never blow on this thing," said Si. "It'll be a cold day for us if they'd find it out." "There ain't no danger o' my tellin'," replied Shorty. "But, say, ain't that a nice girl out there?" "She's a mean rebel, that's what she is! But that was a smart trick o' her'n, wasn't it?" "Come mighty near bein' too smart fer us!" replied Shorty. "I don't want no more such close shaves in mine.
Then there was another little flock of ducks streaming over the fen in the distance, and their cries came faintly as they dashed into the water, as if returning home after a long absence. "There goes a her'n," whispered Tom, who was not very good at seeing birds and worse at telling what they were. "'Tisn't," cried Dick; "it's only a grey crow."
To cap the climax, he sends me word that he can now walk on crutches, and the first time he can venture in a buggy, means to call on me. Que le ciel m'en préserve! What could we talk about? "His'n" and "her'n" several misfortunes? That's too bad! Every one teases me unmercifully about my new conquest.
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