I guess if you had all the trouble I have with him, you would put him to bed and make him stay there a week.' "'I tell you what it is, good people,' said I, 'when I go courting I intend to ask the lady in the first place if she likes to make boys' clothes.

If she says No, I shan't have her, no matter what other recommendations she may possess.' "'She'll be sure to give you the mitten for your impudence,' said Julia.
Then, there is my pretty sister Harriet, quilting quilts, trimming nightcaps, and spoiling her bright eyes making her wedding-clothes; after a while she'll be undergoing some of the troubles of the married state, which will lengthen her face.

The men get the best of it, decidedly; for they have not all the petty annoyances a woman must encounter.

What do you think about it, Arthur ?" "I hardly know," said Arthur.

"I have been in love ever since I could tell my right hand from my left.