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"Hain't ye a-goin' ter take hit with ye, Saoin' ter need hit down below Nobody don't use 'eot ood keer of hit," she proes and a s

"Hit's loaded, Sally, an' hit's cleaned an' hit's greased Hit's ready

fer use"

Again, she nodded in silent assent, and the boy began speaking in a

slow, careful voice, which gradually un was ave me a job ter do with hit When I was a little

feller, I used ter set up 'ittin'

hit ready I used ter go out in the woods, an' practise shootin' hit at

things, tell I larned how ter handle hit I reckon thar hain't many

fellers round here thet kin beat irl

hastened to corroborate

"Thar hain't none, Samson"

"There hain't nothin' in the world, Sally, thet I prizes like I does

thet gun Hit's got a job ter doThar hain't but one person in the

world I'd trust hit with Thet's you I wants ye ter keep hit fer

me, an' ter keep hit ready They thinks round hyar I'm quittin', but