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"Ain't no feers yar-abouts Blue eyes?"

"Yes"

"An' ha'r that sometimes looks black an' soht Who is she?"

"Oh, that!" said Old Mizzou with slight interest, "that's Bill

Lawton's girl Live's down th' gulch He's th' fella' that was yar

afore grub," he explained

For a full ton stared at the cards in his hand The

patriarch becaested

"I don't believe you know the one I irl with a little mouth and a nose that is tipped up just a

trifle----"

"Snub!" interrupted Old Mizzou, with some impatience "Yas, I knows