Did ye find out anythin' 'bout them fellers ?" "I ast the barn man if he knowed who they was, an' he said he never seen 'em till the yestiddy before, an' didn't know 'em f'm Adam.

They come along with a couple of hosses, one drivin' an' t'other leadin'-- the one I bought.

I ast him if they knowed who I was, an' he said one on 'em ast him, an' he told him.

The feller said to him, seein' me drive up: 'That's a putty likely-lookin' hoss.

Who's drivin' him ?' An' he says to the feller: 'That's Dave Harum, f'm over to Homeville.