Her dad 'lowed that people would soon be too thick 'roun' him down in that fine country, but they'd never crowd nobody up here an' they ain't done it neither." "Did you ever hear her tell of Henry Ware's great friend, Paul Cotter ?" asked Harry.
"Shorely; lots of times.

She knowed Paul Cotter well.

He wuzn't as tall an' strong as Henry Ware, but he was great in his way, too.
It was him that started the big university at Lexin'ton, an' that become the greatest scholar this state ever knowed.

I've heard that he learned to speak eight languages.

Do you reckon it was true, Harry?
Do you reckon that any man that ever lived could talk eight different ways ?" "It was certainly true.