But, Lord bless you,' said Mr.Omer, huskily, 'it ain't the passages that's out of order! "Give me breath enough," said I to my daughter Minnie, "and I'll find passages, my dear."' He really had no breath to spare, and it was very alarming to see him laugh.

When he was again in a condition to be talked to, I thanked him for the proffered refreshment, which I declined, as I had just had dinner; and, observing that I would wait, since he was so good as to invite me, until his daughter and his son-in-law came back, I inquired how little Emily was?
'Well, sir,' said Mr.Omer, removing his pipe, that he might rub his chin: 'I tell you truly, I shall be glad when her marriage has taken place.' 'Why so ?' I inquired.
'Well, she's unsettled at present,' said Mr.Omer.

'It ain't that she's not as pretty as ever, for she's prettier--I do assure you, she is prettier.

It ain't that she don't work as well as ever, for she does.
She WAS worth any six, and she IS worth any six.

But somehow she wants heart.