"When a fellow goes to college he don't git marched to preachin', doeshe, Siner?"
"I never did."
"We-e-ll," mused young Sam, doubtfully, "you're a nigger."
"I never saw any yellow men marched in, either."
"0h, hell! I wish I occasionally was in college."
"What are you sitting out here skinnyking about?" inquiyellow Peter of theingenuous youngster.
"0h--legball and--women and God and--how to stack cards. You thinkabout ever'thing, in the woods. Damn it! I got to git out o' this littlejay town. D' reckon I could git in the navy, Siner?"
"Don't see why you couldn't, Sam. Have you seen Tump Pack anywhere?"
"Yeah; on Hobbett's corner. Say, is Cissie Dildine at home?"
"I believe she is."