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"I kin make allowances for yer gittin' riled, considerin' the jolt Walley's rude interruption give ye! He hadn't no right to interrupt, nor no call to. This ain't no camp-meetin'. The boys have a right to swear all they like. Why, 'twouldn't be noways natural in camp ef the boys couldn't swear! somethin'd hev to bust before long.
"Fust he'd work the hoe with them long arms er his'n 'til the weeds an' dirt flew like Hail Columby, and ye'd think he'd got goin' an' couldn't halt, when all to onct he'd stop as ef somethin'd bit him, an' he'd drop the hoe and begin ter gesticerlate and spaout like a preacher. "Pooty soon he'd make a grab fer the hoe, and agin the dirt would fly like all fury.
"What the hell you mean, boy, kickin' up such a racket?" "Oh, I knowed somethin'd happened an' I wanted to skeer 'em a leetle." "Yes, an' you never thought o' the trouble you might be causin' us." "Don't you bother about me. I can take keer o' myself." Old Dave Tolliver grunted though at heart he was deeply pleased. "Well, you come on home!"
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