Fur our town was jest as good as stealing that property.
And I felt kind o' shamed of belonging to such a town, too.

And I thinks to myself, I'd like to help 'em out of that scrape.

And then I seen how I could do it, and not get took up fur it, neither.

So, without thinking, all of a sudden I jumps up and says: "Say, Doctor Kirby, I got a scheme!" They jumps up too, and they looks at me startled.

Then the doctor kind o' laughs and says: "Why, it's the young blacksmith!" Looey, he says, looking at me hard and suspicious: "What kind of a scheme are you talking about ?" "Why," says I, "to get that outfit of yourn." "You've been listening to us," says Looey.