"morning to ye! morning to ye!" he rejoined, again moving off. "oh! i was going to warn ye against—but never mind, never mind—it’s all one, all in the family too;—sharp frost this morning, ain’t it? good-bye to ye. shan’t see ye again very soon, i guess; unless it’s before the grand jury." and with these cracked words he finally departed, leaving me, for the moment, in no small wonderment at his frantic impudence.