human
I knowed hit,
gpt
Hit haint so, cried the girl, who had by this time wholly relapsed into the mountain speech, as she frequently did still, when laboring under the stress of emotion.
human
Hit haint so, Judd. We kin save her. We hev _got_ ter save her.
gpt
Thar haint no way.
human
Thar _air_ a way. Thar's one man who kin save Lou's life fer ye, an' we must get him ter do hit.
gpt
Do yo' think thet I'd be beholden ter _thet_ man, after what I done ter him? Do yo' think thet I'd accept even my sister's life et his hands? I hates him like I does the devil what, I reckon, air ergoin' ter git my soul!
human
Judd! cried the girl,
gpt
I kaint do hit, Smiles, he answered piteously.
human
I kaint do hit, an' hit's a foolish thought anyway. He wouldn't come hyar. Hit takes money fer ter git city doctors, an' I haint got none.
gpt
He will come ef I asks him, an' I hev money, Judd,
human
No, no, no. Ef Lou dies, I reckon I'll kill myself, too; but I forbids ye ter call the man I wronged, an' hates.