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Chapter 7

           Ioncestusedtohevasorto’ahouseinthehollowo’asycamore-tree.ThatwurontheMassissippi,whenmyoleoomanwuralive,anIkepupthe’stablishmentto’commerdateher.Artershewentunder,ImovedintoLoozeyanny;anthenarterwardkimouthyur.Sincethentheblueskyo’Texashevbeenmyonlykiver,eytherwakin’orsleepin’."

           "Ifyouprefertolieoutside"

           "Iprefarit,"laconicallyrejoinedthehunter,atthesametimestalkingoverthethreshold,andglidingoutuponthelittlelawnthatlaybetweenthecabinandthecreek.

           Hisoldblanketwasnottheonlythinghecarriedalongwithhim.Besideit,hangingoverhisarm,couldbeseensomesixorsevenyardsofahorsehairrope.Itwasapieceofacabriestousuallyemployedfortetheringhorsesthoughitwasnotforthispurposeitwasnowtobeused.

           Havingcarefullyscrutinisedthegrasswithinacircumferenceofseveralfeetindiameterwhichashiningmoonenabledhimtodohelaidtheropewithlikecarearoundthespotexamined,shapingitintoasortofirregularellipse.

           Steppinginsidethis,andwrappingtheoldblanketaroundhim,hequietlylethimselfdownintoarecumbentposition.Inaninstantafterheappearedtobeasleep.

           Andhewasasleep,ashisstrongbreathingtestified:forZebStump,withahaleconstitutionandaquietconscience,hadonlytosummonsleep,anditcame.

           Hewasnotpermittedlongtoindulgehisreposewithoutinterruption.ApairofwonderingeyeshadwatchedhiseverymovementtheeyesofPhelimO’Neal.

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