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`` Why , only two or three days ago you said -- '' `` Ya-as . That was two or three days ago , and I 've been watchin ' the ` Colonial ' since . I cal ` late the movin ' habit 's catchin ' . You have your gang here by noon to-day . '' `` Sol Berry , are you crazy ? You ai n't seen Abner Payne ; he 's out of town -- '' `` Do n't have to see him . He 's made me an offer and I 'll write and accept it . ''