I warn't in no hurry, fer merryin' is an awful resky bizness; an' I wan't goan to be took in by nobuddy.

I did think, ef there was any place folks was free an' eqal 'twould be in the Lord's service,' sez I. 'The Bible teaches it's a pretty dangerous bizness to offend one uv these little ones.

I didn't like fannin' much, and used ter tease the old folks ter let me go down ter Knoxville and go into a store, or enter inter some other ekelly 'spectable bizness.

"Fact is, I'm a little upset an' I mean bizness.