You only come h'yar seben year ago when dat Plez was trottin' roun' wid nuffin but a little meal bag for clothes.

Mahs' John had been dead a long time den; you nebber knowed Mahs' John.

You nebber was woke up at two o'clock in the mawnin wid de crack ob a pistol, an' run out 'spectin' 'twas somebody stealin' chickens an' Mahs' John firin' at 'em, an' see ole miss a cuttin' for de road gate wid her white night-gown a floppin' in de win' behind her, an' when we got out to de gate dar we see Mahs' John a stannin' up agin de pos', not de pos' wid de hinges on, but de pos' wid de hook on, an' a hole in de top ob de head which he made hese'f wid de pistol.

One-eyed Jim see de whole thing.

He war stealin' cohn in de fiel' on de udder side de road.