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But ye see some of the boys hev got a noshin agin heven any more fellers sole aout fer debt, an we''ve been a explainin our idee to Iry this mornin. I callate he''s got it through his head, Iry hez. Ye see ef neighbors be gonter live together peaceable they''ve jess got ter unnerstan each other. What do yew s''pose Iry said? He said Squire thar tole him to sell David aout. In course we didn'' b''leeve that. Squire ain''t no gol darned fool, ez that would make him aout ter be. He knowd the men ez stopped the courts las'' week wouldn'' be afeard o'' stoppin a sherriff. He knows the folks be in arnest ''baout hevin an eend on sewin an sellin an sendin tew jail. Squire knows, an ye all know that thar''ll be fightin fore thar''s any more sellin. Abner had grown excited as he spoke, and the peculiar twinkle in his eye had given place to a wrathy glare as he uttered the last words, but this passed, and it was with his former sardonic grin that he added: But Iry didn'' save his hide by tryin tew lay it orf ontew Squire an I guess he won''t try no more sellin aout right away, not ef Goramity tole him tew. Yer gab''s runnin away with yer. Git to yer p''int, Abner, said Peleg Bidwell. Lemme ''lone I''m comin ''roun, replied Abner. Ye wuz over''t the sale yisdy, warn''t ye, Squire? he said, addressing Edwards. Yes, Abner. Wal, ye see, when we come tew put back David''s folks intew the haouse his woman missed the clock, and somebody said ez haow ye''d took et. I bid it in, said Edwards. I s''pose ye clean furgut t''wuz the on''y clock she hed, suggested Abner with a bland air of accounting for the other''s conduct on the most favorable supposition. Edwards, making no reply save to grow rather red, Abner continued: In course ye furgut it, that''s what I tole the fellers, for ye wouldn''t go and take the on''y clock a poor man hed wen ye''ve got a plenty, ''nless ye furgut. Ye...
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