He was seated on the "hind bob" of a wood-sleigh, on a couple of blankets.

Milton clambered on, knowing well he'd freeze to death there.
"Reckon I heerd you prowlun' around the front door with my girl last night," Bacon said at length.

"The way you both 'tend out t' meetun' ought 'o sanctify yeh; must 'a' stayed to the after-meetun', didn't yeh ?" "Nope.

The front part was enough for"---- "Danged if I was any more fooled with a man in m' life.

I b'lieve the whole thing is a little scheme on the bretheren t' raise a dollar." "Why so ?" "Waal, y' see Pill ain't got much out o' the app'intment thus fur, and he ain't likely to, if he don't shake 'em up a leetle.