"'Tain't good management fer us ter be allers groanin' in dis worl' while we 'spect ter be singin' de glory song up yonder.

" "I knows dat now, but I didn't 'spect so den.

Of course I didn't 'spect nuthin' o' yew when yew was jist a bachelor, an' we'd sort o' lost sight er each other fer many a year, but arter yew got connected with the Hum by marriage sorter" "Connected with the Hum by marriage!" broke in Samuel with a snort of indignant protest.

"I don't keer 'bout it myself, but I don't 'spect John would be willin' ter let it go, 'cause he likes it a heap.

and I spect dat mebbe some dere yit en cose it's bound to be some of the young uns lef' dar still, but de ole uns, Mars Luch en dem, dey is all gone.

Of course I didn't 'spect nuthin' o' yew when yew was jist a bachelor, an' we'd sort o' lost sight er each other fer many a year, but arter yew got connected with the Hum by marriage sorter" "Connected with the Hum by marriage!" broke in Samuel with a snort of indignant protest.

Of course I didn't 'spect nuthin' o' yew when yew was jist a bachelor, an' we'd sort o' lost sight er each other fer many a year, but arter yew got connected with the Hum by marriage sorter" "Connected with the Hum by marriage!" broke in Samuel with a snort of indignant protest.

You 'spect me 'nto bed full o' snakes?

Nex' time, I spect dat sumfin' am a-gwine to happen.

She'd 'spect suthin' if she saw me, and there'd be no gittin' rid of her; and if she once ketched us at the bisness, she'd scratch our very eyes outcats is always dreadful skeery about their kittens.

" "Yew 'spect me tew go an' prink up fer a sudden death?" thundered Abraham.

"Is it a fact, that the Comanches frequently cook their meat by placing it under the saddle and riding on it all day?" asked I. "I 'spect 'tis," replied Tom; "leastways, I've seen 'em do it, and done it myself.

I don't spect she wer in arnest 'bout marrying de sojer, but she did want her freedom.

You 'spect me 'nto bed full o' snakes?

Of course I didn't 'spect nuthin' o' yew when yew was jist a bachelor, an' we'd sort o' lost sight er each other fer many a year, but arter yew got connected with the Hum by marriage sorter" "Connected with the Hum by marriage!" broke in Samuel with a snort of indignant protest.