Of mutton taller—give his boots a heavy co’t

of grease,

Greased his fingers nice an’ slick an’ then—an’

then, I swear,

Grabbed them boot-straps, give a pull an’ up

he went in air.”

—Ought to heered us critters laugh—gre’t big

“Haw, haw, haw-w-!”

Jason Britt he dropped his teeth, Erskine gulped

his chaw,