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I dunno how other men kin sleep o' night, knowin' how he be always darin' folks ter differ with him, an' how brigaty he be. The Bible 'pears ter me ter hev Tobe in special mind when it gits, ter mournin' 'bout'n the stiff-necked ones."
He bowed his chin once more upon the instrument, and again the slow drawling conversation proceeded to soft music. "Ef ye'll b'lieve me," said the advanced thinker, "I never war so conflusticated in my life ez I war when he stood up in meetin' an' told 'bout'n the tables of the law bein' on the bald! I 'lowed 'twar somewhar 'mongst some sort'n people named 'Gyptians."
For in the strong arms of the law sat, bolt-upright, Elnathan Daniel Kittredge, his yellow head actively turning about, his face decorated with a grin, and on most congenial terms with the sheriff. "They're lawin' 'bout'n him in thar " the sheriff jerked his thumb toward the door. "Habeas corpus perceedin's. Dun no ez I ever see a friskier leetle cuss.
I dunno w'at makes me kyar so much er bout'n her no way; dar's plenty er likelier gals'n her, an' I jes' b'lieve dat's er trick nigger; anyhow she's tricked me, sho's yer born; an' ef'n I didn't b'long ter nobody, I'd jump right inter dis creek an' drown myse'f.
An' she tol' de little birds dat stay in de tree de stone wuz under, when anybody sot on de stone dey mus' sing, 'I wush I had, an' 'I wush I wuz, so as ter 'min' 'em 'bout'n de wushin'-stone.
"At home sowin' turnip seed, mos'ly. I never hearn nuthin' 'bout'n it all." Selwyn threw himself back in his chair, his brow corrugated impatiently at this renewal of the theme, and in the emergency he even resorted to the much-mooted point of the thoroughfare. "I suppose all the family there are dead gone on that road?" he sought to make talk.
The jar brought down from the low eaves a few feathery flakes of snow, which fell upon her hair as she stood there with him. "Don't say nuthin' 'bout'n it," she implored. "He can't abide ter hear it spoke of." "What ails dad's hand?" he asked, bewildered. "It's gone!" she sobbed. "He war over ter the sawmill the day ye lef' somehow 'nuther the saw cotched it the doctor tuk it off."
"'Kase," he blurted out, "ye hev been a-tryin' ter purtend ez ye fund the mine fust, an' hev been a-tellin' folks 'bout'n it." "Prove it," said Birt, in sudden elation. "Who war it I tole, an' when?" The sly Nathan caught his breath with a gasp. His craft had returned. Admit that to HIM Birt had divulged the discovery of the mine! Confess, when! This would invalidate the entry!
I'll see 'bout my trap, an' then I hev ter go ter the mill, 'kase my mother air a-settin' in our house now a-waitin' fur meal ter bake corn-dodgers. Then I'll tell Pete whar ye air, an' what ye said 'bout'n the rope. Ye must jes' wait fur me hyar." Poor Ethan could do nothing else. As the echo of the boy's shambling step died in the distance, a redoubled sense of loneliness fell upon Ethan Tynes.
He was laughing when at last he pulled himself up, wet through and through, on the ledge beside Nick. "It's airish up hyar, ain't it?" he cried. "Barney," said Nick miserably, "I dunno how I kin ever look at ye agin, squar' in the face, while I lives." "Shet that up!" Barney returned good-humoredly. "I don't want ter ever hear 'bout'n it no more.
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