ii4 In the Sandy End of 



got a grudge agin me. Last year he sent 

 word over they was a letter fer me to the 

 post-office, and said he would n't give it to 

 me till I licked him fer it. He would n't 

 let me have it fer two weeks just to tan- 

 terlize me, but I found out what was in it, 

 cause his woman she opened it and told 

 some of my folks, so he wa'n't so gol 



darned smart as he thought he was." 

 * # * # # * 



"Guess I '11 hitch up Syb to take you 

 fellers down to the station this mornin'. 

 Sorry you can't stay and git another big 

 mess like yest'day. Like to hev you 

 round. Thar 's Mary, she goes and slicks 

 up when you 're round jest like when I 

 was courtin' her. They 's lots of trout 

 too. Why, I ketched one over by Barnes's 

 t' other day that weighed a pound and a 

 half. Pound an' a half, wa'n't it, Mary ? " 



" Two pound, plumb, James." 



" And then up there to the hog hole I 

 ketched, 1'e's see, 't was some thirty-odd, 

 wa'n't it, Mary?" 



" Forty-eight, James." (Loyalty, thy 

 name is woman !) 



