"You go and mix up with the little ones and let yer mother rest while I git dinner," she said to Joe and Betsey, and added as she took Sarah's shawl and bonnet: "You lop down an' rest yerself while I'm flyin' around the fire." "Come all the way from Vermont ?" Abe asked as he and Samson were unhitching.
"Yes, sir." "By jing!" the slim giant exclaimed.

"I reckon you feel like throwin' off yer harness an' takin' a roll in the grass.".