| The fact is, the widder had learned, somehow or 'nother, that he had the most money of the two. |
| He returned much earlier than usual, and the widder was at the window awaiting him. |
| The widder took up her stand at a well-chosen angle, and looked at him in silence. |
| The widder, pore soul, suspicioning trouble, follered Jake, and found him with a bullet plumb through his heart. |
| Then there was a thump and a sloshy stamping on the steps, and in comes Eben and the widder. |
| We bain't a-goin' to pass Widder Hotchkiss, be we, governor? |
