Then he muttered sadly:

"Poh chile," she muttered sadly, "she is dyin' sho' and her mammy is gone out.

"I was, I was," he muttered sadly, and I caught the whiff of whiskey strong on the air.

"They're not taking to-day, that's it," he muttered sadly to himself; "but come, cheer up, old fellow, and try a new fly."