"
"Well, why don't he feed de Gray, den? He started afore me, and
dey wants de Gray down ter de brewery, and he up ter de house
a-buzzin' Jinnie."
"I go brang Mees Jan's apron; da goat eat it oop."
"Ye did, did ye! What ye givin' us? Didn't I see ye a-chinnin'
'er whin I come over de hill--she a-leanin' up ag'in' de fence,
an' youse a-talkin' ter 'er, an' ole Blowhard cryin' like his
heart was broke?"
"Eat up what apron?" said Tom, thoroughly mystified over the
situation.
"Stumpy eat da apron--I brang back--da half ta Mees Jan."
"An' it took ye all the mornin' to give it to her?" said Tom
thoughtfully, looking Carl straight in the eye, a new vista
opening before her.
That night when the circle gathered about the lamp to hear Pop
read, Carl was missing. Tom had not sent for him.
VII
THE CONTENTS OF CULLY'S MAIL
When Walking Delegate Crimmins had recovered from his amazement,
after his humiliating defeat at Tom's hands, he stood irresolute
for a moment outside her garden gate, indulged at some length in a
form of profanity peculiar to his class, and then walked direct to
McGaw's house.
That worthy Knight met him at the door. He had been waiting for
him.
Young Billy McGaw also saw Crimmins enter the gate, and promptly
hid himself under the broken-down steps.
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