Let's cut out dyin', and cut corn!" "That's richt," agreed Dannie.

"And let's work like men, and then fish fra a week or so, before ice and trapping time comes again.

I'll wager I can beat ye the first row." "Bate!" scoffed Jimmy.

"Bate! With them club-footed fingers of yours?
You couldn't bate an egg.

Just watch me! If you are enough of a watch to keep your hands runnin' at the same time." Jimmy worked feverishly for an hour, and then he straightened and looked about him.