| An' come right from yo' daughter's weddin' an' swopped hosses with a preacher. |
| She sais Ah git a mewl an' a fahm an' thousan' dollehs money fum yo' Nawthen President an' we all live lahk th' quality. |
| If it were the deuce's own scribble, and yo' axed me to read in it for yo'r sake, and th' oud gentleman's, I'd do it. |
| An' ef you ever got a sudden whack on de funny-bone in yo' elbow, missy, you know how she suffered when she was teched. |
| But He's put His love i' me, and NAA owd Moses 'll never trouble ony on yo' ony more. |
| I'se done 'cumulated a little money, by close scrimpin', an' I'm half a mind to help yo' out. |
