But I couldn't get down but two biscuits and
jelly and some salt meat and a cup of milk.
When I'd finished, the man said, "Now, little girl, try to
tell us where you came from."
"Outta the corn crib! And the woods!"
The lady smiled at me. "We can see you've been down in the
river bottom. Your little cloak is just tore all to pieces, and
your hair's got leaves and sticks all through it."
"Where was you at before you got to the woods?"
"In the automobile."
"Mattie, she must be from town. Sugar, do you live in Union
City?"
"No, sir."
"I declare, I wish I knew who you are. Your folks must be
wild by this time-you bein' lost all night. Try one more time to
tell me who your pa is, sugar."
"He's Papa!"
"Yeah, I know. There must be some way to find out who you
are."
"I know who you are."
"Who am I, sugar?"
"Uncle Hiram!"
"Lord, yeah! How'd you know?"
"One of your legs is just a wood peg. And I see your fiddle!
Right yonder on the wall!"
"I'll be hanged!"
"Jim-Bo says you can sure scald-a-dog!"
"Jim-Bo? Jim-Bo Jones over at Drake Eye Springs? You know
him?"
"Yes, sir.
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