Well, I never. Never did I expect to see the day when you'd
say yo' child wan't worthy of a young man, even if he is a jedge's son."
"Air you about through?"
"Oh, don't talk to me. I'm out of all patience with you. Great goodness
alive, is it all to his credit that he is a jedge's son? You talk like
if she hadn't found him nobody else would a had her. And thar ain't a
puttier girl in all this here section, although she hain't got as many
clothes as she ought to have, a goin' a way off on a bridal tower."
"Gittin' putty nigh the eend."
"Laws a massy. Time was when I never dreamed that you'd slander yo' own
kith an' kin. An' come right from yo' daughter's weddin' an' swopped
hosses with a preacher. It was a sin and a shame. I never was so
mortified in my life. And then at supper he prayed. Just think of it.
I'll bet anything he cheated you."
"Wall let us believe not. The next mornin' after standin' all night, the
hoss I let him have will show his true worth. He's got a spavin, as you
know, an' when he leads him out of the stable a j'int in his right
leg'll pop like a pipe stem broke.
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