I remember vividly his clear, kindly, gray eyes and ruddy cheeks.
"Baynes, I'm glad to see you," he said heartily.

"Did ye bring me any jerked meat ?" "Didn't think of it," said Uncle Peabody.

"But I've got a nice young doe all jerked an' if you're fond o' jerk I'll bring ye down some to-morrer." "I'd like to take some to Washington but I wouldn't have you bring it so far." "I'd like to bring it--I want a chance to talk with ye for half an hour or such a matter," said my uncle.

"I've got a little trouble on my hands." "There's a lot of trouble here," said the Senator.

"I've got to settle a quarrel between two neighbors and visit a sick friend and make a short address to the Northern New York Conference at the Methodist Church and look over a piece of land that I'm intending to buy, and discuss the plans for my new house with the carpenter.