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She calmed herself for a moment; then suddenly looked aghast at the rifle, and with some occult and hideous thought, burst anew into tears. "Waal, sir," exclaimed Stephen, outdone, "what with all this hyar daily weepin' an' nightly mournin', I 'ain't got spunk enough lef ter stan' up agin the leetlest Kittredge a-goin'. I ain't man enough ter sight a rifle.
At last again, "Oh, just the leetlest piece of beef for a poor old man " and then whimpering and "poor old man" repeated at intervals that lengthened gradually into sleep. At last the meal was over, the things had been cleared away, and Peter was bending over a sum in preparation for lessons on Monday. Zanti laughing until the tears ran down his face."
De 'possum he ain't got no time ter climb a tree an' git out on de leetlest end ob a long limb, an' so he lay hese'f flat down on de groun' an' make b'lieve he's dead. When de ole bar came up he sot down an' look at de 'possum. Fus' he turn his head on one side an' den he turn his head on de udder, but he look at de 'possum all de time.
Don't yuh worrit none; we only lost thu leetlest stack o' ther bunch." "And the other the one who ran away?" asked the girl with quick concern. Abigail's lips curved in a grim smile. "Red shot three times. Once at the hoss." True to her intuition, he came to her, lying in the hammock waiting his coming the next morning.
But his beef had to be cut up for him into very tiny pieces and that gave Aunt Jessie a great deal of work, so that his appeals for a second helping were considered abominable selfishness. "Just the leetlest piece of beef for a poor old man such a leetle piece he had, and he's had such a hunger." No answer to this and at last a strange noise from the cushions like the sound of dogs quarrelling.
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