“Who hired you?”
“Feller named Wiggamore.”
“This is my mill.... This is my water-wheel,” says the voice.
“I didn’t know.... Honest, I didn’t know. Oh, lemme git out, Mr. Spirit! I won’t never come ag’in. I won’t never disturb your property no more.”
“How—much—were—you—paid?” says the voice.
“Ten dollars,” says Jason.
“Put—it—in—my—hand,” says the voice.
Jason he reached in his pocket and laid a bill in the hand on the end of the fish-pole, and the hand pulled it back to Mark, who put it in his pocket. Then the hand went back again.
“I’ve—been—watching—you,” said the voice.
“I hain’t done nothin’.... I didn’t know. Oh, lemme go! I won’t never do nothin’ like this again.”