The Grinder Papers — page 277: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ey, 1 et Ty bat a. ion ). a ae a > ™ Ware = ea ~~ Sey Nee 4 | * Pe ip —- . % be ~~ i Te tee ae ee al 8 7. Le SS eet 2 ae 2 Vie 2 he a» th eae ban a we ¥ ewe < « en Se tales, 3° Re tay row) er oe * me Cen nes * OD ha ee Fe Sey a, Oe NS eri bees CY LON SP Sara T a. *)) Stata ey Sey a 4 9 Re ee 3 he = ay t. ~ ese 1 koe Re To a s/ ' ie - ~ fs - Aan ies Fest e Sa ot) Ve ¥ 7 mt< weiss : 5 8 PA en SF as +4 PS : , bats : oa e iS” 3 . ¥ ; Wy SS ee -- Se - « he Tue. SP 2 Ay 2 fea. hp en oe 35 <3 od see . . ? - ae a a ~ » d =e ; =~ 7 - 272 THE GRINDER PAPERS: wouldn't hev done jt; and women folks tricks ain’t 0’ no ac- count. The Lord ee ‘em no great amount o’ mind, and we'd orter feel tu pity ‘em.’ The man groaned. Sez he, ‘‘Won’t you meddle with nuthin’ more ?” Sez I, ‘‘No; keep your old flowers, who keers?” Then he took away Miss Blinksop’s posy, and we got shet o’ him. Miss Blinksop wept. “Don’t,” sez I. ‘*These here myrmydons o’ power allers | does take airs when they get a chance. No doubt they're a par- sel o upstarts. Don’t you mind ‘em.” | Then we meandered on. Arter a while we come tu a bridge overlookin’ the water. There was boats sailin’ about, and we admired the scene amaz- in’. Amazonia she climbed up, and peeked over. There never was such a pesky gal, I du believe. Miss Blink- sop sez as sure as she goes anywhere she gets intu some mischief. This time she lost her balance, and pitched intu the water head over heels. | We all screamed, and up run a couple more o’ the people in gray, got out a boat, and reskied her. She warn't drowned, but the minute she come out she took a chill out o’ spite, and ’twas a mercy Miss Pepper had fetched along the blanket-shawl. We wrapped her up, and then ther wern’t nuthin’ fur it but tu go hum, Tea a | ; . “4 - ot . ~ f * et -