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You see the Deacon he wuz mighty fond of goin' a huntin', and as he had rheumatiz purty bad it wuz sort of hard fer him to git 'round, so he had to do his huntin' on hoss back. YOU SEE THE DEACON HE WAS MIGHTY FOND OF GOIN HUNTIN AN AS HE HAD RHEUMATIZ PURTY BAD IT WAS SORT O HARD FOR HIM TO GIT AROUND SO HE HAD TO DO HIS HUNTING ON HORSEBACK
ss tradin', now Jim Lawson was calculated to be about the best hoss trader in Punkin Centre. Yes, Jim he could sot up on a fence, chew terbacker, whittle a stick, and jist about swap ye outen your eye-teeth, if you'd listen to him. Yas, Jim wuz some punkins on a swap; Jim 'd swap anything he had fer anything he didn't want, jist to be swappin'. Wall, a gypsy cum along one day and tackled Jim fer a swap; and about that time Jim he'd got hold of a critter that had more cussedness in him to the squar inch than any critter we'd ever sot eyes on, 'cept a cirkus mule that Ezra Hoskins owned. Wall, the gypsy traded Jim a mighty fine lookin' critter, and we all calculated that Jim had right smart of a bargain, 'til one day Jim went to ride him, 'n he found out if he fetched the peskey critter on the sides he'd squat right down. Wall, Jim knowed if he didn't git rid of that hoss, his reputation as a hoss trader wuz forever gone; so he went over in t'other township to see old Deacon Witherspoon. S HOSS TRADE SPEAK IN A HOSS TRADIN NOW JIM LAWSON WAS CALCULATED TO BE ABOUT THE BEST HOSS TRADER IN PUNKIN CENTER YES JIM HE COULD SIGHT UP ON A FENCE CHEW TOBACCO WHITTLE A STICK AND JUST ABOUT SWAP YOU OUT YER EYE TEETH IF YOU'D LISTEN TO HIM YES JIM WAS SOME PUNKINS ON A SWAP JIM WOULD SWAP ANYTHING YOU HAD FOR ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T WANT JUST TO BE SWAPPING WELL A GIPSY COME ALONG ONE DAY AND TACKLE JIM FOR A SWAP AND ABOUT THAT TIME JIM HE GOT HOLD OF A CRITTER THAT HAD MORE CUSSEDNESS IN HIM TO THE SQUARE INCH THAN ANY CRITTER WE'D EVER SOT EYES ON CEPT A CIRCUS MULE THAT EZRA HOSKINS OWNED WELL THE GIPSY TRADED JIM A MIGHTY FINE LOOKIN CRITTER AN WE ALL CALCULATED THAT JIM HAD RIGHT SMART OF A BARGAIN TILL ONE DAY JIM WENT TO RIDE HIM AND HE FOUND OUT IF HE FETCHED THE PESKY CRITTER ON THE SIDES HE'D SQUAT RIGHT DOWN WELL JIM KNOWED IF HE DIDN'T GET RID OF THAT HOSS HIS REPUTATION AS A HOSS TRADER WAS GONE FOR EVER SO HE WENT OVER INTO THE TOWNSHIP TO SEE OLD DEACON WITHTHERSPOON
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