tupper'll

Updated: May 27, 2025

There was a big stump, just opposite, with roots running down the bank into the stream. I shoved the line under the drift with a pole and then hauled it across where Uncle Eb drew it up the bank under the stump roots. 'In 'bout half an hour I cal'late Mose Tupper'll be 'long, he whispered. 'Wisht ye'd put on yer clo's an' lay here back o' the stump an' hold on t' the cord.

Irving Bacheller - Eben Holden, a tale of the north country