The captain belongs to the Temperance Society; and I don't like it, because it gets into my head, and makes me stupid; and you never drink any thing, so if we could only manage to get him to let us keep it to cook with." "As to that, child," said Aunt Polly, "I mus have it to cook with, that's a pint settled; there aint no use 'sputin about it.

If he thinks I'm gwine to change my way of cookin in my old age, he's mightily mistaken.

He need'nt think I'm gwine to make puddins out o' one egg, and lighten my muffins with snow, like these ere Yankees, 'kase I aint gwine to do it for nobody.

I sot out to do my duty by you, and I'll do it; but for all that, I aint bound to set to larnin new things this time o' day.

I'll cook Carolina fashion, or I wont cook at all." "Well, but what shall I do ?" said Mrs.Moore; "you wouldn't have me do a thing my husband disapproves of, would you ?" "No, that I wouldn't, Miss Emmy," said Aunt Polly.