Why, he wouldn't no more 'a' passed them bills 'n he'd 'a' cut his hand off.

He, he, he, he! He was jest ticklin' your heels a little," said Mr.Larrabee, "to see if you'd kick, an'," chuckled the speaker, "you _surely_ did." "Perhaps I acted rather hastily," said John, laughing a little from contagion.
"Wa'al," said Dick, "Dave's got ways of his own.

I've summered an' wintered with him now for a good many years, an' _I_ ain't got to the bottom of him yet, an'," he added, "I don't know nobody that has.".