human
If so be ye run acrost ary wolves, knock 'em over like vermin,
gpt
I guess everybody's got his hand raised against the poor old wolf, ain't they?
human
Why not? asked Thad, immediately;
gpt
And in every State where they used to run, there has always been declared a fat bounty on wolves, Allan observed.
human
Why, right now, Maine is paying large sums of money to get rid of her vermin, such as wolves, wildcats, panthers and snakes. I've read that as much as four hundred thousand dollars has been paid out in bounties since nineteen-three.
gpt
Yes, laughed Thad,
human
I heard tell o' a sharper as cut off the rattles from a lot o' tame snakes he kept shut up, and send 'em in for the bounties each rattle brings; and then he expects his pets ter grow new rattles, which howsumever, I don't guess they kin; but thet air story goes ter show what some men will try an' do ter beat the pore old government people.
gpt
Whew! and I just can't stand for snakes at all, remarked Step Hen.
human
If ever I felt one touch me, I believe I'd nearly take a fit.
gpt
Ha! let Davy do that!