"
"Why, yes, Gabe, come in. Wondered why you hadn't fotch them oysters
over. Next to chitterlin's I reckon they air the best things in the
world."
When they were at supper, with Gabe eating as if he had not eaten at
home, Jasper related their adventure in the woods, and Gabe declared
that he would like to take a hand in such an affair. He swore roundly
that Sanderson was a brute, but when he heard that with the rest he had
contributed money, he wiped his mouth and said: "You can't allus tell.
That feller's a gentleman, an' some time a passel of us must hitch up
an' drive over to see him. We can't afford to negleck such neighbors as
him."
"What sort of a newspaper did you fetch, Gabe?" Margaret inquired, and
he handed her "The Fire-Side Companion."
"Full of news from beginnin' to end," he said. "None of yo' tame stuff
about Uncle Billy a comin' to town with a load of wood or Aunt Sally a
renewin' of her per-scription."
"Any discussion a goin' on down at town?" Jasper asked, and Gabe began
to rack his memory.
"Wall, no, I b'lieve not.
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