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minutes passed ; and, growing restless, he called out to a mail across
the aisle.
l< What's the sile around here ? ”
“ Philetu.s ! Phik:tus H, Harrison ! stop vour noise ! " she whispered,
poking him with her el how,
" T just asked a question/' he replied, resuming his old position,
J‘ Whal'd your brother Joab tell ye, the last thing afore we left, him
hum ? ” she asked. “ Didn't he say somehody’d swindle yc cm iIk*
string game, the confidence game, or some other ^ame? Didn't 3i<;
warn ye agin rascals ? "
" I hain't seen no rascals:'
lf Of course, ye haven't, ’cause yer blind! 1 know thiit man is a
villun; and if they don't arrest him for tnurder afore we leave this
train, I'll miss my guess, 1 can read human-natur’ like a book.”
There was another period of silence, broken by her saying:
" I wish I knew that (.his was the train for Chicago."
" 'Course it is.”
" How do you know ? 17
“ 'Cause it is.”
“ Waal, I know it hain’t ; but if you are contented to rush along to
your destruction, I shan’t say a word. Only when yer throat is being
cut, don’t call out that I didn’t warn ye ! ”
The peanut boy came along, and the old man reached down for his
wallet.
" Philetus, ye shan’t squander that money after peanuts ! " she ex-
rk.imed, using the one hand to catch his arm, an cl the other to wave
the boy on.
■’ Didn't I earn it? ”
" Yaas, you sold two cows to get money to go on this visit; but il 's
half gone now, and the land only knows how we’ll get home I ”
The boy walked on, and the 3 ag of truce was hung out for anolhet
brief time, She recommenced hostilities by lemarkin^' ;
“ I wish I hadn't cum.11
He looked up, and then out of the window.