The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, And Other Stories
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He air toler'ble peaceable, cornsideiin' ez nobody hev ever hed grit enough ter make a stand agin him, 'thout 'twar the Gunnel thar." She glanced around at the little girl's face framed in the frill of her night-cap, and peaceful and infan- tile as it lay on the pillow. "Whenst the Gunnel war born," Eugenia went on, languidly reminiscent, " Tobe war powerful outed 'kase she war a gal. I reckon 3'e 'members ez how he said he hed no use for sech cattle ez that. An' when she tuk sick he 'lowed he ...seen no differ. ' Jes ez well die ez live,' he said. An' bein' ailin', the Gunnel tuk it inter her head ter holler. Sech holler- in' we-uns hed never hearn with none o' the t'other chil'ren. The boys war nowhar. But a-fust it never 'sturbed Tobe. He jes spoke out same ez he useter do at the t'others, ' Shet up, ye pop-eyed buzzard !' Wa'al, sir, the Gunnel jes blinked at him, an' braced herself ez stiff, an' yelled! I 'lowed 'twould take off the roof An' Tobe said he'd wring her neck^f she warn't so mewlin'-lookin' an' peakfed.
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