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Jabe sed: "Whar you goin' with your hogs, Jim?" Jim sed: "Goin' to Concord, Jabez." Jabez sed "Wall, now, I want to know. JABE SAID WHERE YOU GOIN WITH YOUR HOGS JIM JIM SAID GOIN TO CONQUER JABEZ JABEZ SAID WELL NOW I WANT TO KNOW
die. All the neighbors would cum and lean over the fence, and talk to Jim, and give him advice, but somehow them hogs jist kept on a-dyin', and nobody could see what wuz alin' of 'em, 'til one day Jim cum over to Ezra Hoskins's store, and he looked as tickled as though he'd found a dollar, and he sed: "I want you all to cum over to my place; I've found out what's alin' them hogs." Deacon Witherspoon sed: "Wall, what is it, Jim?" and Jim sed: "Wall, you see the ground over in my hog lot is purty soft, and when it rains it gits right smart muddy, and the mud gits on them hogs' tails, and that mud it gits more mud, and finally they git so much mud on their tails that it draws their skin so tight that they can't shet their eyes, and them hogs air jist a-dyin' fer the want of sleep." Wall, the followin' winter Jim had his hogs all fat and ready fer markit, and he jist conclooded he'd drive 'em to Concord. Wall, he started out, and when he'd drov 'em two whole days he met old Jabez Whitaker. AY OR SO ONE OF EM WOULD LAY DOWN AND DIE ALL THE NEIGHBORS WOULD COME AND LEAN OVER THE FENCE AND TALK TO JIM AND GIVE HIM ADVICE BUT SOMEHOW THEM HOGS JEST KEP ON A DYIN AND NOBODY COULD SEE WHAT WAS AILIN OF EM THEN ONE DAY JIM COME OVER TO AZER HOSKINS STORE AND HE LOOKED AS TICKLED AS THOUGH HE HAD FOUND A DOLLAR AND HE SAID I WANT YOU ALL TO COME OVER TO MY PLACE I'VE FOUND OUT WHAT'S AILIN THEM HOGS DEACON WITHERSPOON SAID WELL WHAT IS IT JIM AND JIM SAID WELL YOU SEE THE GROUND OVER IN MY HOG LOT IS PURTY SOFT AND WHEN IT RAINS IT GITS RIGHT SMART MUDDY AND THE MUD GETS ON THE HOGS TAILS AN THAT MUD IT GITS MORE MUD AN FINALLY THEY GIT SO MUCH MUD ON THEIR TAILS THAT IT DRAWS THEIR SKIN SO TIGHT THAT THEY CAN'T SHUT THEIR EYES AND THEM HOGS ARE JIST A DYIN FOR THE WANT OF SLEEP WELL THE FOLLOWING WINTER JIM HAD HIS HOGS ALL FAT AND READY FOR MARKET AND HE JEST CONCLUDED HE'D DRIVE EM TO CONQUERED WELL HE STARTED OUT AND WHEN HE DROVE EM TWO WHOLE DAYS HE MET OLD JABEZ WHITTAKER
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