It ain't anything more'n fair that I should be paid for it out of his father's property.

If poor Esther had lived, the money'd gone to her, an' she'd paid me fast enough.

Now the way's opened for me to get it, I ain't goin' to let it go.

Talk about it's bein' right, if it ain't right to stoop down an' pick up anybody's just dues, I don't know what right is, for my part." "Mother!" "What say ?" "You ain't going to live here in this house, and not go back to Green River ?" "I don't see any need of goin' back to Green River.

This is a 'nough sight prettier place than Green River.