De widder she try to git her to say she wouldn' do it, but I never waited to hear de res'.

I lit out mighty quick, I tell you.
"I tuck out en shin down de hill, en 'spec to steal a skift 'long de sho' som'ers 'bove de town, but dey wuz people a-stirring yit, so I hid in de ole tumble-down cooper-shop on de bank to wait for everybody to go 'way.
Well, I wuz dah all night.

Dey wuz somebody roun' all de time.

'Long 'bout six in de mawnin' skifts begin to go by, en 'bout eight er nine every skift dat went 'long wuz talkin' 'bout how yo' pap come over to de town en say you's killed.

Dese las' skifts wuz full o' ladies en genlmen a-goin' over for to see de place.