I read it lots; some of it I didn't understand, an' I can't get it through my head yet, but what I did get done me so much good that I found myself kind o' changin' like, an' I've been changin' ever since.

Nan, I want you to read it too, an' see if it don't do you good.

We ain't been what we ought to be; it's all my fault.

The children ain't had no show; that's all my fault too, but it'll take all that two of us can do to catch up with 'em.

I want you to be always 'side o' me, Nan." "We can't let 'em starve," said the wife; "an' if what you're believin' is goin' to keep you from pickin' up a livin' for 'em when you get a chance, what are we goin' to do ?" "I'm goin' to work," said Sam.
"Sho! You never done three days' work hand-runnin' in your life." Then Mrs.Kimper gave a hard laugh.
"I've done it over two years now, an' I guess I can keep on, if I get the chance.