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? ? ? ? "What was the trouble about, Buck?- land?"

? ? ? ? "I reckon maybe- I don't know."

? ? ? ? "Well, who done the shooting?- was it a Grangerford or a Shepherdson?"

? ? ? ? "Laws, how do I know? it was so long ago."

? ? ? ? "Don't anybody know?"

? ? ? ? "Oh, yes, pa knows, I reckon, and some of the other old folks; but they don't know, now, what the row was about in the first place."

? ? ? ? "Has there been many killed, Buck?"

? ? ? ? "Yes- right smart chance of funerals. But they don't always kill. Pa's got a few buck-shot in him; but he don't mind it 'cuz he don't weigh much anyway. Bob's been carved up some with a bowie, and Tom's been hurt once or twice."

? ? ? ? "Has anybody been killed this year, Buck?"

? ? ? ? "Yes, we got one and they got one.


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