"Le' 's get off afore Abe gits back an' tries ter hold me.

I'se got ter do everything perfect 'cause ob dat. Couldn't bring no disgrace on my Lord.

But it 'pears ter

" "Ole miss ain't gwine ter do nuffin' to him," said Isham, in a gruff and troubled tone.

But LilyBoys, I don't like ter give her away this is between me an' youshe's the finest in the land, ain't she? Yas.

Seein' that they hain't over well-ter-do, I would go fer nothin', but I got ter have somethin' ter keep up appearances on, so yew won't have no call ter feel ashamed of me when I come a-visitin' ter the hum."

Wal, I sot and waited, and begun ter get mighty lonesome and ter think 'bout Injins, though I knowed there warn't no Injins thar.

I don't want ye," she turned an anxious face to mine, "ter speak ter Doctor Standish to-night, fer it might onsettle Miriam.

He use ter call me 'Pompous,'" and Pompey chuckled softly.

I don' pay no 'tention ter 'em, but dey riles me

"I hear it 'lowed that Square Kyahtah's too sick ter hol' co'te this evenin'," said one, "an' that the purlim'nary hearin' 'll haf ter go over 'tel nex' week.

"They ought ter make it in half an hour.

She run ter her cabin, en got her goopher mixtry, en den follered de track er de timber waggin ter de sawmill.

"I 'd jus' as soon talk ter the devil as ter that man.

"Yew'd gone up-stairs ter take a nap that day we come back from the minister's.

En w'iles Mars' Dugal' say he did n' b'liebe in cunj'in' en sich, he 'peared ter 'low it wuz bes' ter be on de safe side, en let Aun' Peggy alone.

Neber 'spected ter see sich good times in all my born days.

" "Can't yer stop ter kerchy, and sayLud-o'-light 'n' massy, I donno what to tell ye ter say!"

I've brought yer ter this pass.

" "You kin go ef you want ter.

I allus did hate ter work, but if I kin git any kind of a job I'm goin' ter try it once more.

"Of course, Brother Abe, we understand perfectly that yew never stopped ter take inter consideration haow susceptible some folks is made.

Four took ter the water, mostly because they hed too.

"That ther motor uv mine that I left ter be fixed up is goin' ter cost me fifty dollars, and the other seventy-five I'm calculating ter keep on hand in my safe fer a while.

he wuz des bleedzd ter hab dat hoss, en so he sez, sezee: "'Well, I doan lack ter, but I reckon I'll haf ter.