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There was a moment's dead silence, then the clamor burst out again. "Not dew nothin?" "What d'ye mean, Laban?" "Nothin baout the taxes?" "Nothin baout the loryers?" "Nothin baout the sheriffs' fees?" "Nothin baout jailin for debt?" "Nothin baout takin prop'ty tew a valiation, Laban?" "Nothin baout movin govment aout o' Bosting?"
"Did they 'bolish the loryers?" "Wat did they dew baout more bills, Laban, hey?" "What did they dew baout the taxes?" "Why don't ye speak, man?"
"In course it wuz repealed," said Israel. "They on'y passed it caze they wuz scairt o' the people. The loryers an rich folks got it repealed soon ez ever they dasted. Gosh, govment don' keer nothin fer wat poor folks wants, 'nless they gits up riots. That's the on'y way they kin git laws changed, 's fur 's I see. Ain't that 'bout so Peleg?" "Ye ain't fur outer the way, Isr'el.
"We-promise-not-to-ak under our-c o m, commishins until-the g r i e grievunces," "Wot be them?" demanded one of the crowd. "That means taxes, 'n loryers, 'n debts, 'n all that. I've hearn the word afore," exclaimed another. "G'long Pete." "Grievunces," proceeded the reader, "of-wich-the-people-complain." "That's so." "That's dern good. In course we complains." "Is that writ so, Pete?"
Snavely. "I saw one around the corner as I passed; the same one your brats were pelting from behind a fence last week." Mr. Cadge tacked adroitly. "No, I ain't going to spend my money with the loryers, as'd want twelve dollars to get you back six. I'll tear down the wall, that's wot I'll do.
Anyhow, I be glad tew see ye tidday. I see ye've got yer gun, Jabez. Ye muss be keerful. Loryers is so derndly like foxes, that ye mout hit one on em by mistake." There was a slight snicker at this, but the atmosphere was decidedly too heavy for jokes.
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