Martin Eden Ch 18 p178

Paul Stought

May 30

of the ways.	uv dhu waez.
"They ain't no use in me askin' you to change your mind an' hit the road with me?" Joe asked hopelessly:	"Dhae aent noe ues in my askin' ue too chaenj yaur miend an' hit dhu roed with my?" Joe askd hoeplusly:
Martin shook his head. He was standing by his wheel, ready to start. They shook hands, and Joe held on to his for a moment, as he said:-	Mortun shwk hiz hed. Hy wuz standing bie hiz whyl, redy too stort. Dhae shwk handz, and Joe held on too hiz faur u moemunt, az hy sed:-
"I'm goin' to see you again, Mart, before you an' me die. That's straight dope. I feel it in my bones. Good-by, Mart, an' be good. I like you like hell, you know."	"Ie'm go.in' too sy ue ugen, Mort, bifaur ue an' my die. Dhat's straet doep. Ie fyl it in mie boenz. Gwd-bie, Mort, an' by gwd. Ie liek ue liek hel, ue noe."
He stood, a forlorn figure, in the middle of the road, watching until Martin turned a bend and was gone from sight.	Hy stwd, u faurlaurn figyur, in dhu midul uv dhu roed, woching until Mortun turnd u bend and wuz gon frum siet.
"He's a good Indian, that boy," he muttered. "A good Indian."	"Hy'z u gwd Indyun, dhat boi," hy muturd. U gwd Indyun."
Then he plodded down the road himself, to the water tank, where half a dozen empties lay on a side-track waiting for the up freight.	Dhen hy plodud doun dhu roed himself, too dhu wotur tangk, wher haf u duzun emptyz lae on u sied-trak waeting faur dhy up fraet.
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