Been a livin' here
ever since you've been gone?" added Dan, as he stepped into the boat
and picked up the oars.
"Yes, an' I've been a lookin' fur you every day. Seems to me you
might a knowed where to find me, kase here's whar I hung out when the
Yanks was in the country. Hear anything about me, in the settlement?"
"Yes, lots. Silas Jones has done been to Dave fur them eight dollars
you owe him."
"Much good may they do him, when he gets 'em," said Godfrey, snapping
his fingers in the air.
"Dave's goin' to pay the bill," added Dan. "I done heard him say so."
"The ongrateful an' ondutiful scamp!" exclaimed Godfrey. "If he's got
that much money, why don't he give it to me, like he had oughter do?
I need it more'n Silas does. Hear anything else, Dannie?"
"Yes; General Gordon says, why don't you come home an' go 'have
yourself? Nobody wouldn't pester you."
"Does you see anything green in these yere eyes?" asked Godfrey,
looking steadily at Dan. "That would do to tell some folks, but a man
what's fit the Yanks ain't so easy fooled. I'm safe here, an' here
I'll stay, till----Hear anything else, Dannie--anything 'bout them
two city chaps, Clarence an' Marsh Gordon?"
"O, they've gone home long ago.
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