"You've had yo' two glasses of cider an' it ain't proper for a man of yo' years to be knockin' around arter dark.

This or'nary is goin' to be kept decent as long as I keep it." "To be sure, to be sure," replied old Adam, nodding cheerfully at the fire, "I ain't all I once was except in the matter or corn-shuckin'-- an' a cold-snap like this goes clean to the bones when they ain't covered." "Did you carry any of yo' winesaps into Applegate, Abel ?" inquired Jim Halloween.

"I'm savin' mine till Christmas, when the prices will take a jump." "No, I only drove Blossom over.

She's to spend a few days in town." "Mr.Jonathan's gone off, too, I see," observed Solomon.

"He went by at the top of his speed while I was haulin' timber this mornin'.