aholt

Whin Oi swung down me left arrum wuz straight up, aholt av th' limb, an' the right wan wuz steadyin' me pack.

You remember me telling how I grabbed aholt of a large wooden box and floated on to a dry spot.

My hand has des nachelly itched to take aholt o' dat crowd many a day—an' ever sence I buried Numa of co'se I see de way was open.

An' when that ther idee took aholt it seemed as if I couldn't rest till I saw ye.

He wants a live young man to take aholt with his ranch, and a live young woman to run the shebang.