de end o' me gun.

Den anodder one kicked me foot off—see? an'

I tell ye it done it cunnin',

An' I trun meself in de grass, kerplunk, but me

mind kep' on a-runnin'.

Next I knowed I was feelin' o' somebody's face,

an' I seen de poor devil was cryin',

An' he tumbled all over me tryin't' r'ise, an' he

cussed an' kep' turnin' an' tryin';

"Good Gawd!" sez I, "what's de matter wid you?