"
"Very little, indeed," said Perez. "I have scarcely been out of the
yard this week, I've been hard at work. But I've heard considerable
racket nights."
"Wal," said Israel, "the long an short on't is the fellers be raisin
the old Harry, an it's time somebody said whoa. I've been a talkin tew
Abner baout it, an so's Ezry, but Abner ain't the same feller he wuz.
He's tight mos' o' the time naow, an he says he don' keer a darn haow
bad they treats the silk stockins. Turn abaout's fair play, he says,
an he on'y larfed w'en I tole him some o' the mischief the fellers wuz
up tew. An you said, Ezry, he talked jess so to yew."
"Sartin, he did," said Ezra. "Ye see," he continued to Perez, "me an
Isr'el be men o' prop'ty, an we jined the folks agin' the courts caze
we seen they wuz bein 'bused. Thar warn't no sense in makin folks pay
debts w'en ther warn't no money in cirk'lashun to pay em. 'Twuz jess
like makin them ere chil'ren of Isr'el make bricks 'thout no straw. I
allers said, an I allers will say," and the glitter that came into
Ezra's eye indicated that he felt the inspiring bound of his hobby
beneath him, "ef govment makes folks pay ther debts, govment's baoun
ter see they hez sunthin tew pay em with.
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