"I isn't afeared t' die."

"Ah, Terry, dear, whatever would I do——"

"I'll die afore I gives up one o' my fiddle fingers."

"But you isn't got——"

"Never you mind about that!"

"If you had——"

"You jus' wait till I grows up!"

Again Sandy Lands inquired for the signal. Tom Lute lifted a hand to forbid.

"Terry, son," said he, gravely, "once an' for all, now, will you——"