If you come to me some day an' say, 'I wus wrong, Dannie, an' now I'm goin' to act decent, like a brother had oughter do,' I'll give you my hand an' do what I can to help you.

You've got a big job afore you, an' you can't by no means do it alone.

You'd oughter have somebody to help you, an' thar's a heap of hard work in me, the fust thing you know." "That's so," thought David, running his eyes over his brother's stalwart figure; "but I guess it will stay there." "We can make them fifty dollars easy, if we pull together; but you can't make 'em by yourself, an' you shan't, nuther.

You hear me ?" As Dan said this he disappeared around the corner of the cabin, leaving his brother standing silent and thoughtful.

He came out again in a few minutes with his rifle on his shoulder, and without saying another word to David or even looking toward him, climbed over the fence and went into the woods.