p'rtic'lars

Updated: May 22, 2025

"How did it happen?" asked Cranby, with sharpened appetite. "Well, I didn't hear no p'rtic'lars, but it seems the bell was hangin' on a peg in the barn, and when they got home from church it was gone, hide an' hair. Bill is dead sure Ike took it." "Say, there'll be fun over that yet, won't they," said one of the fellows, with a grin. "Well, Ike better keep out of Bill's way, that's all."

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