Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . day. I had em trying to cut a pieceof wire. I stole off and went down to SamLambs house this morning and tooken break-fast with him and his old woman, Sukey,he boasted. I knows Sam Lamb, said Billy; I rodeup on the bus with him. Hes my partner, remarked Jimmy. 50 Miss Minerva Hes mine, too, said Billy quickly. No, he aint neither; you all time talkingbout you going to have Sam Lamb for a part-ner. You want everything I got. You wantMiss Cecilia and you want Sam Lamb. Well,you just aint a-going to have em. You gotto get somebody else for your partner andswe
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . day. I had em trying to cut a pieceof wire. I stole off and went down to SamLambs house this morning and tooken break-fast with him and his old woman, Sukey,he boasted. I knows Sam Lamb, said Billy; I rodeup on the bus with him. Hes my partner, remarked Jimmy. 50 Miss Minerva Hes mine, too, said Billy quickly. No, he aint neither; you all time talkingbout you going to have Sam Lamb for a part-ner. You want everything I got. You wantMiss Cecilia and you want Sam Lamb. Well,you just aint a-going to have em. You gotto get somebody else for your partner andsweetheart. Well, you jest wait an see, said got Major Minerva. Shucks, they aint no Major name thata-way, and Jimmy changed the Lambs sows got seven little pigs. Helemme see em suck, said Sam Lambs part-ner proudly. Hes got a cow, too; and shesgot the worrisomest horns ever was. I be-lieve shes a steer anyway. Shucks, said the country boy, contemp-tuously; you do know a steer when you seeone; you cant milk no CHAPTER V TURNING ON THE HOSE OOK! Aint that a snake?^shrieked Billy, pointing to what[looked to him like a big snake[coiled in the , nothing! sneered his companion;thats a hose. You all time got to call ahose a snake. Come on, lets sprinkle, andJimmy sprang out of the swing, jerked up thehose, and dragged it to the hydrant. Mymama dont never low me to sprinkle withher hose, but Miss Minerva shes so good Idon reckon shell care, he cried menda-ciously. Billy followed, watched hi& companionscrew the hose to the faucet, and turn thewater on. There was a hissmg, gurglingsound and a stream of water shot out, much £1 52 Miss Minerva and to the rapture of the astonished Billy. Wont Aunt Minerva care^ he asked,anxiously. Is she a real ligious oman? She is the Christianest woman they is,announced the other child. Come on, we 11sprinkle the street—and I dont want no-body to get in our way, neither. I wish Wilkes Booth Lincoln could seeus, said
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