I knowed yore company was in the fight last night, an' I thought o' you when I heerd the grape-shot a-plinkin' out thar.
Guns back then used grapes instead of bullets.
mnli hypothesis: Guns back then used grapes instead of bullets. premise: I knowed yore company was in the fight last night, an' I thought o' you when I heerd the grape-shot a-plinkin' out thar.