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? ? ? ? "Well, den! Warn't dat de beatenes' notion in de worl'? You jes' take en look at it a minute. Dah's de stump, dah- dat's one er de women; heah's you- dat's de yuther one; I's Sollermun; en dish-yer dollar bill's de chile. Bofe un you claims it. What does I do? Does I shin aroun' mongs' de neighbors en fine out which un you de bill do b'long to, en han' it over to de right one, all safe en soun', de way dat anybody dat had any gumption would? No- I take en whack de bill in two, en give half un it to you, en de yuther half to de yuther woman. Dat's de way Sollermun was gwyne to do wid de chile. Now I want to ast you: what's de use er dat half a bill?- can't buy noth'n wid it. En what use is a half a chile? I would'n give a dern for a million un um."
? ? ? ? "But hang it, Jim, you've clean missed the point- blame it, you've missed it a thousand mile."
? ? ? ? "Who? Me? Go 'long. Doan' talk to me 'bout yo' pints. I reck'n I knows sense when I sees it; en dey ain' no sense in sich doin's as dat. De 'spute warn't 'bout a half a chile, de 'spute was 'bout a whole chile; en de man dat think he kin settle a 'spute 'bout a whole chile wid a half a chile, doan' know enough to come in out'n de rain.
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