"Is yer really awake agin, honey?
De docthar say he done thought ye'd cum round by terday sure, sah.

Enyhow I's almighty glad fer ter see yer wid dem eyes open onct mor'-- yas, sah, I sure am." "The doctor ?" I questioned in surprise, my voice sounding strange and far away.

"Have I been here long ?" "Goin' on 'bout ten days, sah.

Yer was powerful bad hurt an' out o' yer head, I reckon." "What was it that happened?
Did some one shoot me ?" The negro scratched his head, shuffling his bare feet uneasily on the dirt floor.
"Yas, sah, Mister Knox," he admitted with reluctance.

"I's sure powerful sorry, sah, but I was de boy whut plugged yer.