The Mountain Girl by Emma Payne Erskine Chapter 21 Page 5

“Jest nothin’. I war a-wonderin’.”

“Oh, there is a difference? What were you wondering?”

“Maw told me if you war that good to take me to a circus, I mustn’t bothah you with a heap o’ questions ‘at wa’n’t no good.”

“That’s all right. I’m questioning you now.”

“What war you an’ that old man feelin’ me all ovah for? War you tryin’ to make out hu’ come my hade is sot like this-a-way? Reckon you r’aly could set hit straight an’ get this ‘er lump off’n my back?”

“Don’t worry about your head and your back. You have a very good head. That’s