not wot I was goin' to tell ye about him," continued

Joe; "I wos goin' to tell ye how we made him eat

horseflesh. He carried a revolver, too, this natter-list

did, to load wi' shot as small as dust a'most, an' shoot

little birds with. I've seed him miss birds only three

feet away with it. An' one day he drew it all of a suddent an' let fly

at a

big bum-bee that wos passin',

yellin' out that it wos the finest wot he had iver seed.

He missed the bee, of coorse, 'cause it wos a flyin' shot,