He loafed a lot too, and when he'd loaf I'd loaf.

But I did pick up right smart of handiness with tools around that there shop of his'n, and if he'd ever of used me right I might of turned into a purty fair blacksmith.

But it wasn't no use trying to work fur Hank.

When I was about fifteen, times is right bad around the house fur a spell, and Elmira is working purty hard, and I thinks to myself: "Well, these folks has kind o' brung you up, and you ain't never done more'n Hank made you do.

Mebby you orter stick to work a little more when they's a job in the shop, even if Hank don't." Which I tried it fur about two or three years, doing as much work around the shop as Hank done and mebby more.