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And, what's more, you can't think on 'em, leastways to no good purpose, until they have knocked you silly. Why, what's the good of tellin' a man that it's ninety-three millions o' miles between the earth and the sun? There's lots o' folks as knows that; but there's not one in ten thousand as knows what it means. You gets no forrader wi' lookin' at the figures in a book.
When I struck their trail they had always just gone. To-day I got Ranse leastways I would'a' got him if yore brother hadn't interfered. I'll meet up with the others one o' these times. I'll git 'em too." He spoke with quiet conviction, as if it were a business matter that had to be looked after. "Did you ever hear this: 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord'?" He nodded.
"Then we'll do it." "But we don't go fur, leastways not today. It wouldn't be more'n two or three hours till night anyhow, an' see them clouds in thar to the south, all thickenin' up. We're going to hev rain on the mountains, an' I think we'd better make another wickiup, ez one o' them terrible sleets may come on."
And Ase, bein' as he's doin' the carpenterin' over to Colton's, hears a lot from the servants, I s'pose likely. Leastways, if they don't tell all their bosses' affairs they're a new breed of hired help, that's all I've got to say. Cap'n Jed says Mr. Colton cal'lates you're a fool." "Yes. So I've heard. What did the Captain say to that?" "Seemed to think 'twas a pretty good joke.
"The gospel ez Stone preaches it seems plain ez the nose on yer face, but when the 'five p'ints' is discussed, I git all uv a muddle." "But, Mason," asked Gilcrest, "you surely believe in the Confession of Faith of your church, do you not?" "Why, I s'pose I do b'lieve it leastways, I subscribed to it when I jined the chu'ch; but I'll be fetched ef I understand it."
For my part, I don't believe a word of it. Leastways, I've driven along here often enough, and in most weathers, and I ha'n't met it yet."
"Then I don't care for anything," cried the boy joyously. "Yes, I do. I feel horrid wild sometimes to think they took away my bugle; leastways, I suppose they did. I never saw it no more; and it don't seem natural not to have that to polish up. I have got a musket, though; and, I say, why don't we have a day's shooting, and knock over a kid or a pig?"
Well, Si hadn't more than finished before the whole crowd was off whooping down the street toward Binder's. As soon as they got in range of the house they began shooting at the windows and yelling for him to come out if he was a man, but it appeared that Binder wasn't a man leastways, he didn't come out and investigation showed that he was streaking it back for Connecticut.
"Leastways," he said reminiscently, looking at me out of the corner of his eye, "I do seem to remember something about a stawf car bein' in 'ere this morning when yours was" and he smiled disarmingly. "Look 'ere," he continued, "you forget all about it, Miss. I 'ates to see yer puffing at the tyres with them old-fashioned ones, and anyway," with a grin, "that car's in Abbeville now!"
"She told me to say she was out but I can't lie to a minister of the Gospel leastways not to his face. I'll give her your card, sir." The reverend caller waited until Eudoxia had disappeared, then he rose and looked around curiously at the books and pictures. "Hum not a Bible or a prayer book or a hymn book, not a picture or anything that would indicate the slightest reverence for holy things."
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