"
"Oh, dem two boys gwine git all de news da wants, ma'm. Er man dat wuz
over ter de Peter's house say da gwine take 'em erlong as witnesses, an'
dat's whut skeered me. I's mighty glad ter see you ain't takin' on no
wus den you is. I wuz erfeared dat you gwine ter holler like er
devil-skeered lady at er camp-meetin'."
"Kintchin, I have put my faith in the Lord."
"Yas'm, dat's whut I done--'bout ha'f my faif in de Lord an' tuther ha'f
in my laigs. An' now I gwine pitch in ter work like puttin' out wild
fire. Yas'm, I is. Dat's de way I gwine 'spress my sympathy."
CHAPTER XXI.
INTO THE WORLD BEYOND THE HILLS.
"You are a wise man," said the commanding officer as the wagon toiled
along. "You don't begin to plead your innocence."
"Maybe I haven't any. What is your name?"
"Foster."
"It may come my way to do you a favor, Mr. Foster. You have been kind to
me. But why do we turn up here?"
"To pick up one Laz Spencer, witness."
"One Laz Spencer," mused the old man. "It would be a tug of nature to
have two.
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