""Love's Leap," he averred, with a wise nod of his head in that direction, "tho't every body on top side th 'yerth hed heern tell erbout thet cross up thar, hit's bin tole er thousan' er moe times.""
"Then he did the same to his hands, jabbing himself so deep in the palm that it was bleeding on the top side of his hands, too."