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"After dey moved camp de Marster sont me back home to he'p look after de Mistis an' chillun. De 'Federates had some cattle hid 'way in us pasture an' I looked after 'em. One night when I was comin' home I met 'bout a hund'ed Yankees comin' over a hill. Dey saw de cattle an' took 'bout ha'f of 'em. I skidooed. Dey aint kotched me yet. "After de war de Yankees called deyse'ves 'Publicans.
I don't know of any other horses in twenty miles, unless it's a wild band that passed this morning. They stopped down the draw, nosing out the bunch grass for an hour or two, then skidooed." Tisdale paused a thoughtful moment then asked: "When is the next freight due on this siding?" "Two-forty-five. And say" he slapped his knee at the sudden thought "that's your chance, sure.
"Yes, I just up and skidooed." "You skidooed?" I saw that I should have to talk like John Milton. "Sure," I said, "I left without much preparation." And then we spoke of some writer I do not care for. "I don't get him," I said. "You don't get him?" inquired Mr. Walpole. "No," I said, "I can't see him at all." "You can't see him?" queried Mr. Walpole. More Milton, I perceived.
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