For land's sakes, don't ever fetch him down here again! I'll never forgit the time you did.

All the folks an' children an' hosses in Pine broke an' run thet day." "Yes; but Tom wasn't to blame.

Auntie, he's the tamest of my pets.
Didn't he try to put his head on your lap an' lick your hand ?" "Wal, Milt, I ain't gainsayin' your cougar pet didn't act better 'n a lot of people I know.

Fer he did.

But the looks of him an' what's been said was enough for me." "An' what's all that, Auntie ?" "They say he's wild when out of your sight.