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< my gun to my shoulder--
DAME.
Yes,--
RIP.
I takes goot aim mit him.
DAME.
Yes,--
RIP.
I [pulls](33) my trigger, unt--
DAME.
Bang went the gun and down the rabbit fell.
RIP.
Eh? snap went [de](34) gun and off de rabbit run. Ha, ha, ha!
DAME.
No!
RIP.
I be [d----d fun](35) dat is a fact.
DAME.
And you shot nothing?
RIP.
Not dat time; but de next time, I picks me my flint, unt I [creeps](36)
up to de little [pond](37) by de old field, unt dere--what do you
[tink](38) I see?
DAME.
Ducks?
RIP.
More as fifty black ducks--ducks as big as [a goose](39)--well, I hauls up
again.
DAME.
And so will I [_Raising stick._] if you miss fire this time.
RIP.
Bang!
DAME.
How many down?
RIP.
[One!](40)
DAME.
Not more than one duck out of fifty?
RIP.
Yes, a great deal more as [one] duck.
DAME.
Then you shot more than one?
RIP.
Yes, more as one duck,--I shot one old bull.
DAME.
What?
RIP.
I'm [d----d fun] dat is a fact! dat was one down, and [my goot im
himmel](41) how he did roar and bellow, unt lash his tail, unt snort and
sneeze, unt sniff! Well, de bull puts right after me, unt I puts right
away fun de bull: well, de bull comes up mit me just as I was climbing
de fence, unt he catch me mit his horns fun de [seat](42) of my
breeches, unt sent me flying more as a mile high.--Well, by-and-bye
directly, I come down aready in a big tree, unt dere I sticks fast, unt
den--
DAME.
You went fast asleep for the rest of the day.
RIP.
Dat's a fact. How(43) you know dat? you must be a witch.
DAME.
[_Catching him by the collar._] Home, sir, home! you lazy scamp.
[_Beating him._
RIP.
But, mine lublicka frow--
DAME.
Home! [_Beating him._
RIP.
[Nine! nine!--](44)
DAME.
Home! [_Beats him._
RIP.
[Mine goot im himmel.](45) [_Music._--DAME _beats him off._
*Footnotes*
1 So spelled in the Kerr version.
2 Assigned to CLAUSEN in the Kerr version. Preceding this bracket,
CLAUSEN. Well, she is a tartar, there's no denying that.
VEDDER. Not but if she were my wife instead of Rip's. I warrant I'd
soon tame her.
CLAUSEN. Not you! But where the]]>
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