"You've mixed phenomenon and paragon, and——"
"Ah ain't mixed nuffin. Ef you-all thinks Ah'm er ignorampus, den Ah 'lows Ah ain't de fellah you wants tuh hiah."
"Yes, you are, Pete—you're just the fellow."
"How much does Ah git?"
"Two dollars a day. There's pay for your first day's work."
Pete almost fell out of the boat. Fifty cents a day was the most he had ever received.
"Does yo' think yo' kin stand dat, boss?" he inquired. "Ah'd hate mahse'f tuh def ef Ah thought Ah was er strainin' yo' financibility."
"I guess it won't be much of a wrench to give you a couple of dollars a day," laughed Matt.
"Den yo's bought me. By golly, dis is de first time Ah's evah had two whole dollahs knockin' togethah en mah clothes since Ah was knee-high to a chickum. Where you-all wants tuh go, boss?"
"I want to go into Fourth Lake through the canal, then across Fourth and up the Catfish."