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Du n no as I would mysen if I had n't seen it , and I ar n't quite sure now as he meant to do it , though it looks as much like it as ever it could . He 's got his knife into poor John Grange , somehow , and I do n't see why , for the poor fellow ar n't likely to do much harm to anybody now . '' Then he considered for a bit as to whether he should tell John Grange what he had seen ; but he concluded that he would not , for it would only make the poor fellow miserable if he believed him . Old Tummus was still considering as to the best course when the two o'clock bell rang , and he jumped up to go back to his work . `` Never mind , '' he thought , with a grin , `` I dessay there 'll be a few cold taters left , and I must have them with my tea . '' That same evening , after old Tummus had finished a meal which more than made up for his abstemiously plain dinner , he made up his mind to tell John Grange out in the garden . `` For , '' said he to himself , `` I may n't be there next time there 's a scythe across the path , and who knows but what some day it may be the well in real airnest ; Dan Barnett may leave the lid off , or uncover the soft-water tank , and the poor chap be drowned ` fore he knows it . ''