human
Why, you see, said he,
gpt
I kept on up the creek till I got opposite John Walker's cabin, where it's narrow, and there's a big tree a-lyin' across--
human
Still following that thing?
gpt
Yes, said Tony;
human
Still following?
gpt
Yes; and I got a long ways down, and had one bad tumble, too, in a dirty little gully; and it was pretty nigh day when I turned to come back. An' then when I got up here I thought I would look fur John Walker's boat--fur I knew he kept it tied up somewhere down this way--and save myself all that walk. I found the ole boat--
human
And how did it upset?
gpt
Humph! said Tony;
human
And in you went!
gpt
Yes--in I went. I don't see what ever put John Walker up to makin' sich a boat as that. It's jist the meanest, lopsidedest, low-borndedst boat I ever did see.
human
I don't wonder you think so, said Harry, laughing;
gpt
That's so, said Tony, rising;
human
Oh, Tony! said Harry as they walked along up the creek,
gpt
Yes, I did,
human
And what was it?
gpt
It was Captain Caseby.
human
Captain Caseby?
gpt
Yes; jist him, and nuthin' else. It was his head we seen agin the sky, as he was a-walkin' on the other side of that little ridge.
human
Captain Caseby!
gpt
Yes, sir! said Tony;
human
But what was Captain Caseby doing here in the woods at night?
gpt
Dunno, said Tony;
human
I jist follered him till I made sure he wasn't a-huntin for my turkey-blind, and then I let him go long. His business wasn't no consarn o' mine.
gpt
Ho, ho! cried the captain
human
You have, have you? said Tony, with a chuckle;