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He and Shorty jumped off and cut across the fields toward it, telling the Deacon they would rejoin him before he reached the picket-line, a mile or so ahead. The Deacon jogged on, musing intently of the stirring events of the day, until he was recalled to the things immediately around him by hearing a loud voice shout: "Stop, there, you black scoundrel! I've ketched ye.
Well, I know Frances don't keer no mo' 'bout de resurrection o' de dead 'n nothin'. Frances is too tuck up wid dis life fur dat! So I watched her. An' las' night I ketched up wid 'er. "You know dat grea' big silk paper butterfly dat you had on yo' pianner lamp, Miss Bettie? She's got it pyerched up on a wire on top o' dat secondary hat, an' she's a-fixin' it to wear it to church to-day.
"Do you never catch cold?" inquired Mary, gazing at him wonderingly. She had never seen such a funny boy, or such a nice one. "Not me," he said, grinning. "I never ketched cold since I was born. I wasn't brought up nesh enough. I've chased about th' moor in all weathers same as th' rabbits does. Mother says I've sniffed up too much fresh air for twelve year' to ever get to sniffin' with cold.
Thought sure I was ketched, same as I've heard my grandpap tell about bein' ketched in the army. He was a soldier with Sherman, and I've heard him tell about capturin' cow-critters when they was on the march." "Well, this would be like old times to him, I suppose," said Mr. Pertell. "But this is only in fun, my boy to make motion pictures. So take your cows away and we'll go on with the work.
"Well, sir, I thinks same as my mates do here. Them piratical sharks o' slavers didn't dare to be too hard on us because they knowed if they was ketched arterwards it meant a bit o' hemp round the neck, and a dance on nothing at all in the air; but when it comes to blacks, they're no more account to them than blackberries as grows on brambles.
"He's all right," I said as I descended; and just then there was a creaking noise among the baskets, and Shock's head appeared over the edge. "Here y'are," he cried. "That there tumbled out o' window, and I ketched it and brought it here." As he spoke he threw down the coil of nearly new rope, and I felt so delighted that I could have gone up to him and shaken hands.
"Aaron," said old Jason, "the boys have ketched us. I reckon we better call this thing a draw." "All right," piped old Aaron, "we're a couple o' ole fools anyhow." So they shook hands. Each grandson helped the other's grandfather laughingly on his horse. and the four rode back toward town.
She held up the "Twin Crimes" in a allurin' way and wuz evidently rehearsin' its noble qualities. But as he didn't seem to understand a word she said she didn't make a sale. But she wuz lookin' round undanted for another subscriber when she ketched sight of us. And at my request we dismissed the jinrikishas and walked back to the tarven with her.
A feller stood in a little house like, feedin' him all the time; but the more he got, the more he wanted and the more he blowed and snorted. After a spell the feller ketched him by the tail, and great Jericho! he set up a yell that split the ground for more'n a mile and a half, and the next minit I felt my legs a-waggin', and found myself at t'other end of the string o' vehickles.
I guessed everything I could think of, from cookies to beefsteak, and gave up. 'Gingerbread, said he, soberly, at length. 'Thought ye said bears couldn't talk, I objected. 'Wall, the boy 'd fell asleep an' he'd only dreamed o' the bear, said Uncle Eb. 'Ye see, bears can talk when boys are dreamin' uv 'em. Come daylight, the boy got up 'n ketched a crow. Broke his wing with the cross-gun.
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