_dodged_

_dodged_ [inc] AYE? [check] was something else ^ else buried here. I suppose (T'WAS) ^ ole fellers, you know AND. (AYE??) THEY SEED [incs] FATHER (AND) he's about the olderst, ^ or Uncle Sam Pelley, we used to AND PELLEY'S call un^.He was a(s) nervous, you know, as a.as the dickens, a...

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Summary:_dodged_ [inc] AYE? [check] was something else ^ else buried here. I suppose (T'WAS) ^ ole fellers, you know AND. (AYE??) THEY SEED [incs] FATHER (AND) he's about the olderst, ^ or Uncle Sam Pelley, we used to AND PELLEY'S call un^.He was a(s) nervous, you know, as a.as the dickens, and.boy, there's always something there! And there's something here! And "We've heard this here!" and, "We've heard.!" and I guess a damn good bit imagination sir! See? And."No!" I said ."I'm not goin!" (AT) LAST THE WIFE said, "Cone on!" Let's go on, 'fore it gets too dark!" "No," I said. "I'm not goin'! I'm not goin' up out o' this tonight till I founds out what that is!" And I looked and looked and looked, and (it) got dark, and IT got pitch- dark and I could still hear it! And I went [-]and[-] an' I went and went and went and went, [check] -> and I _dodged_ here [-]and[-] an' I _dodged_ there, and I'd look around, and I's (?) and I did. ->GET.sometimes I'd get a little handier to it, and more times I'd get away from itx and. By and by (t'would) BE, "Bang!" Be right there and you think you could graffLE (Ie grasp )at it right in A the minute! No, I couldn't find it. I And went inx the house, and I'd go in the house and itwas hotter in the house! Sound[ed], you know, funny. And the wife she's just about stiff now! Jees ALL st.ju(st).well, fit to be tied on! A ilttle more [inc] that, [inc] got a big.big piece xx o' chain, chain her on! And.sure she had the youngsters made as bad as herself! Anyway, and I said, "By God, I'm goin' to find out what it is now! I'm goin' again!" 'Twas dark now; dark as the pitch! I gets out around, I starts (to) shock (??) around. And by and by I walked right up, sir, past the.a foot of it, and when a (ie it) went, "Bang!"xxxx ->longside o' my feet! "My God," I said, "I got ya!" What d'you allow that was? And sir, you go up and she now, you'll say IT's the queerest sound ever you heard over there, OVERNIGHT! Yeah. I MEAN (TO) SAY, YOU KNOW, rattle you UP, 'cause [inc] there's somebody in the ...