Ef ye'd hark to me, and meander on a little, I'll tell ye HOW it war.

I don't mind walkin' a piece YOUR way, for if we go towards the ranch, and the hounds see me, they'll set up a racket and bring out the old woman, and then good-by to any confidential talk betwixt you and me.

And I'm, somehow, kammer out yer." He moved slowly down the trail, still holding Ford's arm confidentially, although, owing to his large protecting manner, he seemed to offer a ridiculous suggestion of supporting HIM with his wounded member.
"When you first kem to Injin Spring," he began, "Seth and Cressy was goin' to school, boy and girl like, and nothin' more.

They'd known each other from babies--the Davises bein' our neighbors in Kaintuck, and emigraten' with us from St.Joe.Seth mout hev cottoned to Cress, and Cress to him, in course o' time, and there wasn't anythin' betwixt the families to hev kept 'em from marryin' when they wanted.

But there never war any words passed, and no engagement." "But," interrupted Ford hastily, "my predecessor, Mr.Martin, distinctly told me that there was, and that it was with YOUR permission." "That's only because you noticed suthin' the first day you looked over the school with Martin.