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Updated: May 11, 2025
Nasty mess. The original line was run years and years ago, and they're not many alive today in the Big woods that know the rights of it. "I expect," added Uncle Henry, shaking his bushy head, "that old Toby Vanderwiller knows the rights of that line business; but he won't tell. Gedney Raffer's got a strangle hold on Toby and his little swamp farm, and Toby doesn't dare say his soul's his own.
Every month they lay there decreased their value. And now, it appeared, Gedney Raffer was doing all in his power to influence old Toby to serve as a witness in his, Raffer's, interests. Had toby been willing to go into court and swear that the line of the Perkins Tract was as Mr.
"Now tell me," he said, "how much is Sim going to get for helping to pay Ged Raffer's debts?" "Har!" ejaculated the other man. "You know Sim ain't that kind." "All right, then.
Sherwood was too big to strike Gedney Raffer, and of course the latter dared not use his puny fists on the giant. The blunt club of the lumberman's speech was scarcely a match for the sharp rapier of Raffer's tongue. As the crowd laughed it was evident that the fox-faced man was getting the verbal best of the controversy. Nan's ears burned and tears stood in her eyes.
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