They're fine to eat." "And are there things about the place--chickens or something ?" "There's calves, ma'am," said Sim Gage.

"Not many.

I ain't got no hens, but I'll git some if you want 'em.

We'd ought to have some eggs, oughtn't we?
And I got several cattle--not many as I'd like, but some.
This ain't my wagon.

These ain't my horses; I got one horse and a mule." "What sort is it--the house ?" Sim Gage spoke now like a man and a gentleman.
"I ain't got no house fitten to call one, ma'am," said he, "and that's the truth.