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Chapter 58

           Lard!wudn’titpoisonyez?"

           "Pisenbedurned!Didn’tIcutthepisenout,soon’sIkilledthecritter,bycuttin’offo’itshead?"

           "Trath!anforallthat,Iwudn’tateamorselavit,ifIwasstarvin’."

           "Sturve,anbedurnedtoye!Whoaxesyetoeetit.Ionlywantyetotoatithome.Kumthen,andoasItellye;ordog-goned,efIdon’tmakeyeeettheheado’thereptile,pisen,fangsanall!"

           "Bejapers,MistherStump,Ididn’tmanetodisobeyyouatallatall.Shureit’sPhaylimO’Nalethat’sreddytodoyourbiddin’anyhow.I’mwidyeforfwhativeryezwant;aventoswallowinthesnakewhole.SaintPathrickforgiveme!"

           "SaintPatrickbedurned!Kumalong!"

           Phelimmadenofartherremonstrance;but,strikingintothetracksofthebackwoodsman,followedhimthroughthewood.

           ***

           Isidoraenteredthehut;advancedtowardstheinvalidreclininguponhiscouch;withfiercefondnesskissedhisfeveredbrow,fonderandfiercerkissedhisunconsciouslips;andthenrecoiledfromthem,asifshehadbeenstungbyascorpion!

           Worsethanscorpion’sstingwasthatwhichhadcausedhertospringback.

           Andyet’twasbutawordalittlewordofonlytwosyllables!

           Therewasnothingstrangeinthis.Oft,ononewordthatsoftshortsyllabic"Yes"reststhehappinessofalife;whileoft,toooft,theharshernegativeisthepreludetoaworldofwar!

           

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