'We aint a-goin' to stop for them.

Get up, all the same.' "I tried to get up as he said, but it wasn't so easy for me on account of my not bein' such a high stepper as Jone, an' I was a good while a-gettin' a good footin' on the board.
"Mrs.Jackson an' the General, they came right up to us an' set down on a bench which was fastened between two trees near the wall.

An' there they set, a-lookin' steady at us with their four little eyes, like four empty thimbles.
"'You appear to be goin' away,' says Mrs.Jackson.
"'Yes,' says Jone from the top of the wall.

We're a-goin' to take a slight stroll outside, this salu-brious evenin'.' "'Do you think,' says she, 'that the United States Bank would be open this time of day ?' "'Oh no,' says Jone, 'the banks all close at three o'clock.

It's a good deal after that now.' "'But if I told the officers who I was, wouldn't that make a difference ?' says she.