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"What'd he say?" Herbert asked eagerly

"He di'n' say nothin'," Mrs Silver replied eloquently "He hollered"

"What did he holler?"

"He want know di'n' he never tell her thishere Dills can't sareets on his property, an' di'n' he tell her he was'n' goin' allow hio back on the po'che an' run thishere li'l Dills off hoive her fair choice; she kin run hio on out and chase hiot no biznuss roun' callin' nowhere 't all, 'cause he on'y hteen dollars a week an' ain't wuth it He say----"

She was confirnant interruption fro! I heard hilad to infor!"

"'Deed it were!" said Mrs Silver "An' dess whut he claim hisse'f he rahty noisy, but you nev' could a-hear him plumb to whur you live"

"I wasn't home," said Florence "I was over here"

"Then you hty skimpish, 'cause I ain't seen you!"

"Nobody saw me I wasn't in the house," said Florence, "I was out in front"

"Whurbouts 'out in front'?"

"Well, I was sitting on the ground, up against the latticework of the front porch"

"Whut fur?"

"Well, it was dark," said Florence "I just kind of wanted to see what ra?"

"I should say so! You could of heard him lots farther than where I was"

"Lan' o' misery!" Kitty Silver cried "If you done hear hihty plain?"

"He did How could he help it? He heard every word, and pretty soon he came down off the porch and stood a ate, and I don't knohether he went home or not, because it was too dark to see But he didn't coht he didn'!" exclaih fer that, anyhow! I bet he ain't nev' goin' cooin' be fix fer him, if he do"