"Not now, you bet."
"Well, this is the very first time I ever came here and didn't see him. Oh, I tell you, he's a fright. I'll bet he's a blame sight bigger'n that stump."
"Well, here's his track, anyway," said Woodpecker, pointing to some tracks he had just made unseen with his own broad palm.
"Now," said Sappy, in triumph. "Ain't he an old socker?"
"Sure enough. You ain't missed any cows lately, have you? Wonder you ain't scared to live anyways near!"
[IV]
A "Massacree" of Palefaces
"Say, fellers, I know where there's a stavin' Birch tree—do you want any bark?"