An' thar ain't a man in the country that likes to give out infermation
better'n I do--when I see that it's goin' to be of use to somebody. But
I don't like to waste my wisdom, Starbuck. Look, here, don't you know
the right to ruin you has come down to me from my folks, like er old
spinnin' wheel? It's a fact, and you know it. But I don't want to do it
if I can help it. I know I would make yo' daughter a good husband, but
frum what I kin gether she wouldn't wipe her feet on me."
"Oh, yes, Peters, she mout if she had been walkin' in the mud."
"Yes, ah, hah. So I've got another plan."
"Oh, I don't reckon you're slow, Lije, when it comes to gittin' up
plans."
"That's true. An' I'm jest a little slow about askin' favors, but I want
to borry a thousand dollars, an' I don't want no time sot when it must
be paid back, nuther. I want that understood."
"Why, that's what they call blackmail, ain't it?"
"Oh, I don't care whut they call it, but I want you to git it fur me.
That p'int is settled. You've got to git it, an' git it quick.
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