Dey wuz mighty perlite, dem young chaps wuz; but Ole
Miss, she never tu'n 'er head, en Miss Sally, she look straight
at de fier. Bimeby one un um see me, en he say, sezee:
"'Hello, ole man, w'at you doin' in yer?' sezee.
"'Well, boss,' sez I, 'I bin cuttin' some wood fer Ole Miss, en I
des stop fer ter worn my han's a little,' sez I.
"'Hit is col', dat's a fack,' sezee.
"Wid dat I got up en tuck my stan' behime Ole Miss en Miss Sally,
en de man w'at speak, he went up en worn his han's. Fus thing you
know, he raise up sudden, en say, sezee:
"'W'at dat on yo' axe?'
"'Dat's de fier shinin' on it,' sez I.
"'Hit look like blood,' sezee, en den he laft.
"But, bless yo' soul, dat man wouldn't never laft dat day ef he'd
know'd de wukkins er Remus's mine. But dey didn't bodder nobody
ner tech nuthin', en bimeby dey put out. Well, de Yankees, dey
kep' passin' all de mawnin' en it look like ter me dey wuz a
string un um ten mile long. Den dey commence gittin' thinner en
thinner, en den atter w'ile we hear skummishin' in de naberhood
er Armer's fe'y, en Ole Miss 'low how dat wuz Wheeler's men
makin' persoot. Mars Jeems wuz wid dem Wheeler fellers, en I
know'd ef dey wuz dat close I wa'n't doin' no good settin' 'roun'
de house toas'n my shins at de fier, so I des tuck Mars Jeems's
rifle fum behime de do' en put out ter look atter my stock.
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