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Chapter 7

           Haditbeenarattlesnake,"copperhead,"or"mocassin,"hewouldhaveacteduptothecursedeliveredinthegardenofEden,andplantedtheheelofhisheavyalligator-skinbootuponitshead.Butaharmlesschicken-snakedidnotcomewithinthelimitsofZebStump’santipathy:aswasevidencedbysomewordsmutteredbyhimasitslowlyrecededfromthespot.

           "Poorcrawlin’critter;letitgo!Itain’tnoenemyo’mine;thoughitdosuckaturkey’seggnowanthen,anincoorsescarcitiesthebreedo’thebirds.Thetaironlyitsnater,annoreezunwhyIshedbeangrywi’it.Butthur’sadurnedgoodreezunwhyIshedbewi’thetIrishthedog-goned,stinkin’fool,toha’wokemeeshedud!Ifeeldod-rottedlikesarvin’himout,efIkedonlythinko’somewayaswudn’tdiskermodetheyoungfellur.Stay!ByGeehosofat,I’vegottheideetheverythingsureesmynameairZebStump!"

           Ongivingutterancetothelastwords,thehunterwhosecountenancehadsuddenlyassumedanexpressionofquizzicalcheerfulnesssprangtohisfeet;and,withbentbody,hastenedinpursuitoftheretreatingreptile.

           Afewstridesbroughthimalongsideofit;whenhepounceduponitwithallhistendigitsextended.

           Inanothermomentitslongglitteringbodywasupliftedfromtheground,andwrithinginhisgrasp.

           "Now,MisterPheelum,"exclaimedhe,asifapostrophisingtheserpent,"efIdon’tgi’eyurIrishsoulascarethet’llkeepyeawaketillmornin’,Idon’tknowbuzzartfromturkey.

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