Price, smiling with
prosperity. "You see, now, 'Liza Jane she's given in. She didn't re'lly
know but 'twas all talk of 'Bijah 'bout that dog's bein' wuth fifty
dollars. She says she can't cope with a huntin' dog same's he could, an'
she's given me the money you an' John York sent over this mornin'; an' I
didn't know but what you'd lend me another half a dollar, so I could
both go to Dipford Centre an' return, an' see if I couldn't make a sale
o' Tiger right over there where they all know about him. It's right in
the coon season; now's my time, ain't it?"
"Well, gettin' a little late," said Isaac, shaking with laughter as he
took the desired sum of money out of his pocket. "He seems to be a
clever dog round the house."
"I don't know's I want to harbor him all winter," answered the
excursionist frankly, striking into a good traveling gait as she started
off toward the railroad station.
NOTES
=Dipford=:--The New England town in which the scenes of some of Miss
Jewett's stories are laid.
=master hot=:--In the New England dialect, _master_ is used in the sense
of _very_ or _extremely_.
=bosom-pin=:--Mourning pins of jet or black enamel were much worn in
times past.
='suage=:--Assuage, meaning to soften or decrease.
=selectman=:--One of a board chosen in New England towns to transact
the business of the community.
=scattereth nor yet increaseth=:--See Proverbs, 11:24.
=right o' dower=:--The right to claim a part of a deceased husband's
property.
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