Ain't I going to have no peace at all ?" "I didn't mention it, did I ?" asked Eliph' Hewlitt innocently, and he did not know that he had.

"I was speaking of this happy gathering.

Ain't it pretty to see all kinds of folks gathered together this way to make each other happier?
It's like a living Jarby's Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Compendium of Literature, Science and Art, a little of everything in one volume, and all of it good.

All the good things from parson to pickles.

I suppose you put up your own pickles, don't you ?" "Yes, I do," said Miss Sally, who was now walking toward where the ladies were unpacking the lunch.