"No, sir; Tip won't run a fox."
"Jimmy, can you tell from a dog's cry whether he is running a fox or a rabbit?"
"No, sir."
"Well, if he is trailing a rabbit he does not bark continually, but if he is after a fox he does; so you can always tell if you listen carefully."
"Never heard about that before," replied Jimmy, with a smile.
After this there followed a long pause, during which the stranger looked about inquiringly, then said:
"Jimmy, how long have you been living here?"
"Not very long. We refugeed over in North Carolina the first part of the war. Then we came back to Spottsylvania County while father was in prison. Why, we just came here after the s'render. You remember when Lee just had to s'render?" he asked, looking up into the stranger's face.
"'YOU REMEMBER WHEN LEE JUST HAD TO S'RENDER?' ASKED JIMMY."