human
Seems like I've shrunk some sence I wuz a young man, said the old fellow in a jocular tone, as he pocketed the stakes;
gpt
Were the two John Logans you speak of related?
human
Not thet I knows on, stranger--yes, sence I come to think on it, they wuz said to be cousins. I remember, too, thet they hailed frum the same place--somewhars in Pennsylvany.
gpt
Can you tell me any more about them?
human
I don't know much uv Jack Logan, as the shorter uv the two wuz called, replied the stranger, who gave his name as Sam Butler,
gpt
Where was he from?
human
He wuz borned in Kenelworth, Pennsylvany; but his folks moved 'round consider'ble. They wuz sort o' sheftless, I should jedge, an' never stayed long in any place.
gpt
Was he married?
human
He hed a wife in Philadelphy, though I hed never hearn him speak uv her. After he wuz dead, I found in one uv his pockets a worn letter, months old, frum her, dated Philadelphy; and I got her word uv his death, though frum her letter I gethered thet they hedn't been gittin' on well together, an' thet she 'peared to think he had misused her, an' keered nothin' fur her. He wuz a reckless, drinkin', high-tempered, rough feller; but, Lordee! how brave, when it come to fightin'! He wuzn't feared o' old Nick hisse'f or eny uv his imps.
gpt
What was his wife's name?
human
Blest ef I kin re-collect, stranger. It's twenty-odd year ago, an' you see, I----
gpt
Was it Mary?
human
No, I don't think thet wuz it.
gpt
Was it Sarah?
human
Yes, thet's it. Sarah--Sarah Jane, thet's it. I'm pos'tive it wuz Sarah Jane. Did you know eny uv her people?
gpt
Yes, I think so, Abner replied,
human
Well, sir, ez I said, I knew nothin' uv him, more'n whut I fust told you; but, stop, Peter Stump wuz his comrid, an' he----
gpt
Is this Peter Stump living, and, if so, where?
human
Why, yes, he's alive an' a-kickin'; leastways, he wuz last Monday three weeks ago, when I seen him at Pockville. He lives two mile south uv thar, on the road to Richmond.