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He see me, and rode up and says:
"Whar'd you come f'm, boy? You prepared to
die?"
Then he rode on. I was scared, but a man says:
"He don't mean nothing; he's always a-carryin'
on like that when he's drunk. He's the best naturedest
old fool in Arkansaw - never hurt nobody, drunk
nor sober."
Boggs rode up before the biggest store in town, and
bent his head down so he could see under the curtain
of the awning and yells:
"Come out here, Sherburn! Come out and meet
the man you've swindled.