human
Dogged if I know how she does it, Gramps said plaintively.
gpt
I'm supposed to take that stuff Doc Beardsley gave me, and it's a wonder it don't kill a body, every four hours. So every four hours, no matter how busy she is, Mother's right on deck with it. Pah! A man can't be himself any more.
human
You should have your medicine, Gramps.
gpt
Medicine, yes, but that ain't any medicine. Now you take sassafras root and slippery elm bark; that was medicine when they was boiled together by somebody who knew what he was doing. Gramps fell into a glum silence. Then he said,
human
Anyhow, they didn't get Old Yellowfoot.
gpt
How do you know?
human
Everybody'd know if they got a buck that big. He'll be waiting for us next year.
gpt
That's good!
human
Ain't it, Gramps said sourly.
gpt
It'd be a heap better if next deer season wasn't such a passeling ways off. I felt in my bones that this was our year to get Old Yellowfoot, and we'd of had him if it hadn't been for this blasted nonsense. Oh well, we'll be howling a long spell if we howl about it. Want to help me fetch the Christmas tree tomorrow?