ll de gum I picked an' still give de ole daddy all
he wanted as well. I heerd you say you was mighty smart, but ahter
dat,--well, I'd be ashamed o' myse'f if I wasn't smarter dan dat.'

"De way Ou' Jackalse stick his nose up fair rile Leelikie. `Yis,' ses
he. `I hear you talk a lot, but I bet you cahnt show me how dat's
done.'

"`An' I bet I cahnt needer--not as soft as dat,' ses Ou' Jackalse. `You
don't get me as cheap as dat. But I'll tell you what I'll do. You come
here to-morrow an' you bring me some gum, nice clear gum, an' den I'll
tell you how to do, so's you'll have all de gum you wants for yourse'f,
an' leave all de shambokkins to your broder.'

"`Shambokkins to my broder!' sings out Leelikie. `Oh, dat's de right-o
tip. You come, an' I'll be here wid de gum, don't forget.'

"`I won't,' ses Jackalse, an' off he go, a-winkin' to every bush as he
pass it.

"Well, come next day, dere was young Leelikie up in de mispyl tree, an'
dere was Ou' Jackalse at de foot of it lookin' up. `Now, what's dis
game you's goin' to tell me?' ses Leelikie.

"`Where's de gum first?' ses Ou' Jackalse.

"`Here's it,' ses Leelikie, showin' it. `Let's hear de plan now.'

"`Ho! you gi'e me de gum first so's I'll know it's good gum,' ses
Jackalse.

"`Oh, I'll soon show you dat,' ses Leelikie. `See me!' an' he bite off
a big piece o' de gum, an' he smack, smacks wid his mouf like an ox team
pullin' its feets out o' deep mud.

"Dat rile Ou' Jackalse terr'ble. `Ho! yeh!' shout he. `What's you
a-eatin' up my gum for?'

"`'Cause you ses it ain't good; I's yust a-showin' you how good it is,'
ses Leelikie, rollin' his eyes at de rest of it. `'Sides, it ain't you'
gum till you tells me dis plan you bargain to, yestiday.'

"`Ain't I likely to tell you 'fore I gets de gum!' ses Ou' Jackalse,
like he'd like to ketch hisse'f doin' any sich a fool trick.

"`An' ain't I likely to let you have dis gum 'fore you's told me de
trick!' ses Leelikie leerin'.

"`Ho, dat's de game, is it? Den I tink I'd better go 'long an' find
you' broder--he won't want to cheat me,' ses Ou' Jackalse, an' he make
as if he's a-gun' to slope right off out o' dat. He tinks dat's gun' to
fetch young Leelikie to time.

"But--`Oh, dat's all right,' ses Leelikie. `I can knock de pips off him
any day, an make him tell me too. You go on, an' den I'll have dis gum
to myse'f. Dat's so much ahead anyhow.'

"Ou' Jackalse stops, an' his eye look sort o'