And if he painted it, it wouldn't be bad, I tell _you_.
"'Now,' sais you, 'you have done high life, do low life for me, and I will pay you well.

I'll come down hansum, and do the thing genteel, you may depend.

Then,' sais you, 'put in for a back ground that noble, old Noah-like lookin' wood, that's as dark as comingo.

Have you done ?' sais you.
"'I guess so,' sais he.
"'Then put in a brook jist in front of it, runnin' over stones, and foamin' and a bubblin' up like any thing.' "'It's in,' sais he.
"'Then jab two forked sticks in the ground ten feet apart, this side of the brook,' sais you, 'and clap a pole across atween the forks.

Is that down ?' sais you.
"'Yes,' sais he.
"'Then,' sais you, 'hang a pot on that horizontal pole, make a clear little wood fire onderneath; paint two covered carts near it.