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"Why, that thar war the very trouble," Yerby hastily explained. "I didn't know none o' ye! I hed hearn ez thar war a still somewhars on Hide-an'-Seek Creek" once more there ensued a swift exchange of glances among the party "but nobody knew who run it nor whar 'twar. An' one day, considerable time ago, I war a-passin' nigh 'bouts an' I hearn that fiddle, an' that revealed the spot ter me.
"'Pears like ter me ez it war jerked right out thar yes kase hyar air the missin' button, too." His air of unconsciousness puzzled the sheriff. "Do you know where you lost this scrap?" he asked. "Somewhars 'mongst the briers in the woods, I reckon," replied Barney.
"I've heerd your voice somewhars I'll gamble on thet." "Sure. You ought to recognize my voice, Cap," returned Wade. The rustler gave a violent start a start that he controlled instantly. "Cap! You callin' me thet?" "Sure. We're old friends Cap Folsom!"
"I knows dar's sich a doctor somewhars 'bout, but just whars I cante say, an' he's a poor doctor fur the likes o' you, don't have noffen to do with him, nohow." "A poor doctor!" exclaimed the stranger. "Why, I understood he was the greatest doctor in the world; and I've come all the way from the Wabash country to see him." "Warbash! whar's dat?
The song grew louder as he advanced, until, emerging into an open space, he came upon the singer, a gray-haired negro trudging sturdily along with a stout hickory stick in his hand. The negro doffed his cap and bowed humbly. "Marstah, hez you seed anythin' ob a spotted heifer wid one horn broke off, anywhars on de road? She's pushed down de bars an' jes' skipped off somewhars."
I remember, too, thet they hailed frum the same place somewhars in Pennsylvany." "Can you tell me any more about them?" asked Abner, by a mighty effort managing to control his excitement, and to speak calmly.
"I wants ye ter put hit away safe somewhars." He had paused there and then added reflectively, "I reckon ther handiest place would be in ther old horsehide chist thet our fore-parents fetched over ther mountings from Virginny."
"And the girl wore a hat and a long veil?" pursued Gypsy, eagerly. "Was she about the height of this girl here, and whereabouts did you see her?" asked Tom. "Waal, couldn't tell exactly; somewhars between here an' the village, I reckon. Seems to me she did have a veil or suthin'." "And she was real pale?" cried Gypsy, "and the boy was dreadfully muddy?"
"Reckon Marse Mason's somewhars 'roun' de place, suh," added the darkey in answer to the traveler's inquiry. "Miss Cynthy Ann she's in de settin'-room. Jes' walk in dar tru de passage-way, an' knock at de fust door you comes to. I'll tek yo' hoss, suh." The stranger crossed the low, clapboard-covered porch and entered a wide, dusky hall running through the entire length of the house.
An' if I kin't work fer you, Jack, I'd just erbout as soon quit. This 'ere money ain't no good to me 'cept fer body cover an' powder an' balls. I'd as leave drop it in the river. It bothers me. I don't need it. When I git hum I go an' hide it in the bush somewhars jest to git it out o' my way.
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