_sometimes.more times_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46987

more det, substitute was something else buried here and. I suppose (THIS) ole fellers,you know, AND. THEY SEED BILL'S FATHER (AND) he's about the oldest,(AND) or Uncle Sam Felley,we used to 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!" [inc] said,"Come 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 finds 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 an' I went and went and wentand went, and I dodged here an' I dodged there,and I'd look around,and I (?) and I did. GET .sometimes I'd get a little handier to it,snd more times I'd get away from it and. By and by(IT WOULD) AS,"Bang!" Be right there and you think you could graffLE(Ie grasp? ) at it right in the minute! No,I couldn't find it. And went in the house,and I'd go in the house and 'twas hotter in the house! Sound[ ],you know,funny.And the wife she's just about stiff now! Jees ALL st.ju(st).well,fit to be tied on!A little more (THAT) that, [inc] got a big.big piece 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!" longside o' my feet! "My God," I said,"I got ya!" What d'you allow that was? And sir,you go up and ask she now,you'll say IT'S the queerest sound ever you heard over there, [inc]! Yeah. I MEAN (TO) SAY< YOU KNOW rattle you UP , 'cause there's somebody in the lumber,see? Right in under your feet! What'd you allow that was? .You'd never guess,sir! No. That was a.that was a bloomin.one o' them old ...