't better git angry 'cause that boy
borried yer hoss. Hit won't do ye any good, an' hit mout do ye harm.
Ye'll git him back agin. Tom won't be sore long, an' when he gits well
'nough so's he kin git 'bout a little, ye kin listen out fer ther crack
o' rifles in good shape. Come on in an' we'll git somethin' ter eat,
after hit gits good'n daylight. I want ter have 'nuther talk with ye,
sorter face ter face like, afore ye leave me agin. This durn kintry is
stirred up from ther top o' ther hill ter ther bottom o' ther creek,
an' then some on t'other side, an' ye'll see some hot flames, one after
t'other, an' hear o' how hell is raised, an' see many fellers turn up
their heels afore long, ef I don't miss my guess putty bad. Them trust
fellers is determined ter drive us all out o' ther kintry, or see us go
ter ther graves as poor as Job's turkey--however poor that was--an' they
do say that they was mouty poor; but, by gad, they'll have a tough time
a-doin' of it! Ther bother of a feud with old Jim Thompson an' his mean
gang hain't nuthin' long side o' what's a-goin' ter happen 'bout hyar
soon. Ther worst o' ther whole thing, Wade, is that ther air so many in
ther association what'll raise terbacker fer ther trusts. Them's ther
fellers as is ther hardest ter go up agin, an' ther ones as oughter have
ther neck broken. They'll sell ther stuff fer three an' six cents a
pound when they mout as well git eighteen an' twenty fer ther same
terbacker; but no, they'd ruther go ahead agin everybody an' agin
therselves, an' sell cheap. They'll have a time a-sellin' that terbacker
this year fer that price. We cain't raise terbacker fer five cents a
pound an' come out even, let alone makin' a livin' out'n it. Ther durn
fools!"

Old Peter Judson generally warmed up when talking over the tobacco
situation, and he cared but little to whom he was talking, nor who heard
him, when he used rough language. His greatest expression was "Ther durn
fool!" and when he exclaimed in that fashion he was generally done with
that subject or person.

"They'll git ther fill of it all right this season," Peter continued,
after a pause, wherein he caught a second breath, "they'll git plenty of
it. Why, let me tell ye, Wade, what happened one time, an' I'm a-tellin'
ye fer yer own good. I don't want ye ter git yourself inter that deep
hole what I told ye 'bout one day, ther time I told ye a feller mout git
inter his own hole, remember?" Jack did remember. "Well,