'In Florida, Missouri.'
A pause. Then—
'Dern sight better staid there!'
By means of a dozen or so of pretty direct questions, he pumped my family history out of me.
The leads were going now, in the first crossing. This interrupted the inquest. When the leads had been laid in, he resumed—
'How long you been on the river?'
I told him. After a pause—
'Where'd you get them shoes?'
I gave him the information.
'Hold up your foot!'