Away back
they'd knock you on the head or stick a knife in you an' take what you
had. Now they cheat you without knockin' you down, an' that is a
improvement."
He was becoming too philosophical to suit Margaret, and she told him
that he did not seem to realize the loss of his daughter. "Don't I?
Wall, jest say the word an' I'll set down on a stump an' cry."
"Yes, but you wouldn't cry if it was me that was gone. Oh, anybody's
goin' would put you out mo' than mine, an' you was jest achin' for a
chance to show me."
"Then if you have give me the chance I must thank you for bein' so
accommodatin'. But I wish you wouldn't worry me now, Margaret. In one
respeck the goin' away of the folks was a blessin' fur the trouble that
has been a threatenin' for some time is shorely a comin.' Don't nag
me."
"Do I bother you, Jasper, an' trouble a comin' too? Well, I won't. I
wonder if I ain't as mean as I can be."
"No, you're all right. An' it must be me that's as mean as a old dog a
layin' in the corner of the fence with a bone.
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