'T any rate, I don't know as I think much of a king that'll give away a hull great gob uh land he never seen, and give it to one feller--more 'n that feller could use in a hull lifetime; more 'n he would ever need fer his young 'uns, even s'posin' he had a couple uh dozen--which ain't skurcely respectable fer one man, nohow.

How many's he got, mister ?" "One--his daughter, over there." "Hum-mh! Wall, she ain't goin' to need so derned much.

You tell Mr.
Picardy I've come a long ways to find a home fer Mary and me; a long road and a hard road.

I can't go no further without I swim fer it, and that I don't calc'late on doin'.

I ain't the kind to hog more land 'n what I can use--not mentionin' no names; but I calc'late on havin' what I need, if I can get it honest.