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In old times they would have stolen our crop; now they shall share in it." When I carried the present on the following evening, the children indulged in uncouth cries and gambols over the gift, and Bagley himself was touched. "I'll own up ter yer," he said, "that yer melon patch was sore temptin' to the young uns, but I tole 'em that I'd thrash 'em if they teched one.
Iain' drunk; no, marster, Iain' drunk. I ain' teched a drap er nuffin' sence las' Chris'mas, suh'. "'Youer drunk, Ben, an' don't you dare ter 'spute my wo'd, er I'll kill you in yo' tracks! I'll talk ter you Sad'day night, suh, w'en you'll be sober, an' w'en you'll hab Sunday ter 'fleet over ou' conve'sation, an' 'nuss yo' woun's.
"Ef ye won't tell who teched it, I'll gin a good word fur ye ter them witches what war inquirin' round fur ye ter-day." Jim promised in hot haste, and then, the rain having ceased, he started for home, but Brierwood stopped him at the door. "Hold on thar, bub.
"Ye'd drown like rats, and we can't afford no sech foolish sakerfices on the altar o' Baal. Hunker down and lie clost; if there's any dying to be done, ye've got a good half o' the night ahead of ye, and there's all o' to-morrow that ain't teched yet."
I ricollec' when she seen 'im she took her little one-year-old finger an' teched 'im on the forehead, an' she says, says she, "Howdy?" thess that-a-way. I remember we all thought it was so smart. Seemed like ez ef she reelized thet he had thess arrived an' she had thess learned to say "Howdy," an' she up an' says it. An' she's ap' at speech yet, so Sonny says.
They inspected him with admiration; he bore their critical survey with affected unconcern and indifference, as befitted one who had attained such prominence. "Don't tech 'em," he commanded, waving them off as he leaned gracefully against the fence. "I teched 'em," boasted the younger boy. "What'll you all give us if we Il let you put your finger on 'em?"
"This night," he croaked, leaning over the glowing fire, and kindling his long-stemmed cob-pipe by dexterously scooping up with its bowl a live coal, "this night, twenty-six years ago, thar war eleven sheep o' mine ez war teched in the head, or somehows disabled from good sense an' they jumped off'n the bluff, one arter the other, an' fell haffen way down the mounting, an' bruk thar fool necks 'mongst the boulders.
I shaved the hull blame thing soon as ever they let me loose, an' then played loony, till thar ain't no Injun 'long the shore as 'd tech me fer all the wampum in the Illini country. 'T ain't the fust time I saved my scalp by some sech dern trick. I tell ye, it 's easy 'nough ter beat Injuns if ye only know how. By snakes! I 'm sacred, I am, specially teched by the Great Spirit.
I 'spec' the boss teched wid de rheumatiz. I'll-Hallo! w'at's dat? Jes' git out ob my way, ole grunter. Dis ole Peter." "Oh, God! help me! come here!" groaned a half audible voice. "Come to me! help me! help me!" "O Lordy!" exclaimed old Peter as he jumped back in sudden fright. "Who's dat? What you want? W'at's de matter? I don't like spirits. You can't trick me.
"We'll go over to the fish house an' ye can put on some oilers an' save yer good clothes." On the way they met the well-remembered old lady Albert had first noticed at the prayer-meeting. I make sure the Lord's teched yer heart, an' if ye ain't a believer yet, ye will be."
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