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their hands in their pockets every one.
"
Good morning; gentlemen," called out the chief engineer, from the table.
"
Good mawning," drawled out the spokesman of the party. "I allow
thish-yers the railroad, I heern it was a-comin'."
"Yes, this is the railroad; all but the rails and the ironhorse."
"I reckon you kin git all the rails you want oaten my white oak timber
over, thar," replied the first speaker, who appeared to be a man of
property and willing to strike up a trade.
"You'll have to negotiate with the contractors about the rails, sir,"
said Jeff; "here's Mr. Brierly, I've no doubt would like to buy your
rails when the time comes."
"
O," said the man, "I thought maybe you'd fetch the whole bilin along
with you. But if you want rails, I've got em, haint I Eph."
"
Heaps," said Eph, without taking his eyes off the group at the table.
Well," said Mr. Thompson, rising from his seat and moving towards his
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tent, "the railroad has come to Stone's Landing, sure; I move we take a
drink on it all round."
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