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Title: Opie Read in the Ozarks, including many of the rich, rare, quaint, eccentric, ignorant and superstitious sayings of the natives of Missouri and Arkansaw
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939
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Publisher: Chicago, R. B. McKnight & Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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r one of them if he was totry it. Mother says Im awful when I get started, andsometimes I reckon I am. Wed better go on now. All right, but dont you think youd better goback? If I was to leave you now youd wander about inthe woods till they find you. What time do you suppose it is? he asked. About three oclock. And where will we be if we keep on going? Well get to the river about daylight. And then what? I will show you. Sometimes coming upon a place less dense, theywalked briskly, and then, entering the thick under-brush, they were compelled to pick their way along. Its growing lighter, he said. Yes, she answered, and the river isnt very farnow. They trudged on, catching here and there faintglimpses of the coming sunrise. Here we are at the river, she cried. And now what ? he asked. She took hold of his hand and, as she led him downa bank, said: Well have to go up stream some ways, but notvery far, as I wasnt much wrong. I knew these woodseven in the dark. OPIE READ IN THE OZARKS. 49
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o en 3O>-. > O c G CJ o > O 50 OPIE READ IN THE OZARKS. 1 dont understand you. See! she pointed to a boat. You know I was gonea long time the other day. Well, I brought that boatover here, me and an old negro woman. He uttered an exclamation of surprise, and she gig-gled. Still holding his hand, she led him to the boat. Row to the other side and float down under thewillows, she said. He stepped in the boat, still holding her hand. I must say good-bye, he said. Good-bye, she whispered, still holding his handand looking back toward her home. A short silencefollowed. Net, he said, I cannot leave you this way—I can-not deceive you. I did steal that horse. Oh! she sobbed, and threw her arms about hisneck. Dont, angel, I tell you that I stole the horse. I am going with you, she said, and the boatfloated out on the current of the sun-blazing stream. A traveler in Missouri noticing a large number ofpeople following a wagon, rode up to an old fellow whosat on a fence and asked the c

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