The Grinder Papers — page 171: what you’re looking at

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166 THE GRINDER PAPERS. ‘“Yes,” sez he, ‘‘all right—quite right. Only what I ex- pected—you've gin ’em tu a thief.” I went intu highstrikes. My feelin’s was past description ; but Amandy Floger actually said how't ef I hadn't bothered round it wouldn't a happened. She said, tu, how’t the bottom o’ the barril I’d packed the best chany in comin’ out and smashin’ everything tu flinder, was my fault, and attributed the handles o’ the fryin’-pan goin’ through the eye o’ Miss Floger—her pictur, I mean—tu me. "Twarn’t pleasant tu see her exhibit such an unchristian tem- per, so I left until they got cleaned up, and was heving reg’lar dinners agin. | r I shall go tu see em, however, agin, for though Amandy is a disagreeable, sot up piece, I highly respect her pa. He'd orter unite himself with a second pardener o’ the highest respectabil- latude and economy, that would see tu things fur him; don’t you think so, Penelopy Jane? The only objection I hev tu goin’ there is, that he’s a widdiwer, and folks o’ narrer minds might say I wanted fur tu catch him. Folks that knows me through, knows the way I've always re- garded fhe men sect, and that I’m above it. Guess so. Jest a cup o’ tea, and some muffins, and jelly. Don't put yourself out fur me, Penelopy. comicbook: