Buck, take this little stranger and get the wet clothes off from him and dress him up in some of yours that's dry."
? ? ? ? Buck looked about as old as me- thirteen or fourteen or along there, though he was a little bigger than me. He hadn't on anything but a shirt, and he was very frowsy-headed. He come in gaping and digging one fist into his eyes, and he was dragging a gun along with the other one. He says:
? ? ? ? "Ain't they no Shepherdsons around?"
? ? ? ? They said, no, 'twas a false alarm.
? ? ? ? "Well," he says, "if they'd a ben some, I reckon I'd a got one."
? ? ? ? They all laughed, and Bob says:
? ? ? ? "Why, Buck, they might have scalped us all, you've been so slow in coming."
? ? ? ? "Well, nobody come after me, and it ain't right. I'm always kep' down; I don't get no show."
? ? ? ? "Never mind, Buck, my boy," says the old man, "you'll have show enough, all in good time, don't you fret about that. Go 'long with you now, and do as your mother told you."
? ? ? ? When we got up stairs to his room, he got me a coarse shirt and a roundabout and pants of his, and I put them on.
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