The Grinder Papers — page 173: what you’re looking at

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> . os . » , ; " . = ? . . > “J . 5 . 168 DHE GRINDER PAPERS. “Oh!” sez she, ‘‘nuthin’ much. J axed Mr. Jonathan ef I mout come. Thought, seein you was tu York, youd go a shoppin’ with me. York-boughten things is considerable supe- rior tu them tu Peekskill.” ‘‘Sartinly, I will,” sez I; ‘‘and what you'd do in this awful city I dunno ef you hadn't a pusson 0’ experience tu show you its perils. Yes, Eveliny, I’ll shop with you.” So I did. ‘‘How’s Jonathan?” sez I, when we was out on the street. Sez she, ‘‘Purty middlin’.” 7 ‘‘Is he dejected consarnin’ the widdy?” sez I. ‘‘Oh, Lor’, no!” sez she. ‘‘’Twarn’t only skin-deep.” ‘‘Does she come arter him?” sez I. ‘‘Not she,” sez Eveliny. ‘‘T heerd she’d got the case,” sez I. ‘So she has,” says Eveliny. ‘‘But she won't get him.” Then we both larfed, fit tu kill ourselves. ‘*What air you goin’ tu buy? ” sez L. ‘*Well,” sez she, ‘‘a gown, and a shawl, and a bunnit, and fixin’s. I’ve got a lot o’ savin’s.” And jest as she said that, we cum to a store. It was one o’ them big places in Broadway, and I walks up tu one o’ them young men, and sez I: ‘«See here, mister. I’ve fetched you a new customer. Here’s Eveliny ss hg my help, that I fetched up, and she’s goin’ tu buy a heap.” He grins, and sez he; —— ee