I let my legs through first, and swung them so I would land to one side of the table, and held by my hands, and dropped. But struck the table a sideways swipe and turned it over, and fell onto the floor. The doctor, he grabbed me by the collar and straightened me up, and give me a shake and stood me onto my feet. “What do you mean--” he begins. But I breaks in. “Now then,” I says to Colonel Tom, “did you leave that there child sucking that there bottle on the doorstep of a blacksmith's house next to his shop at the edge of a little country town about twenty miles northeast of Galesburg wrapped up in that there plaid shawl?” “I did,” says Colonel Tom. “Then,” says I, turning to Miss Lucy, “I can understand why I have been feeling drawed to _you_ fur quite a spell. I'm him.” Transcribers Note: The following changes made: ORIGINAL PAGE LINE ORIGINAL CHANGED TO 17 28 Primose, Primrose, 41 12 jests looks jest looks 83 14 to, too, 84 4 jests sets jest sets 89 28 it it. 99 13 our fur out fur 121 4 Chieftan. Chieftain. 121 16 i it if it 160 8 them. then. 183 18 sir fo' sir, fo' 189 16 shedon' she don' 207 22 purty seen purty soon 210 5 They way The way 212 6 pintetdly pintedly 251 2 Witherses.' Witherses'. 251 22 toe hurt to hurt 269 3 “Gentleman, “Gentlemen, 276 19 'Will,” “Will,” 282 9 won't!” won't 288 16 real y really 292 10 t ouble. trouble. 308 1 al right all right 316 4 I says,” they I says, “they End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Danny's Own Story, by Don Marquis