"We've got to do some building before long--you got to get up another house and barn, and so have I." "I don't see why," said Sim Gage bitterly.

"I ain't got nothing to put into a barn, ner I ain't got no cows to feed no hay to neither.

I could of sold the Government plenty hay this fall if I'd had any, but now how could I, without no horses and no money to get none?
I'm run down mighty low, Wid, and that's the truth.

Mrs.Jensen can't stay along here always, though Lord knows what we would a-done if she hadn't come now.

One thing's sure--_She_ ain't a-goin' to stay here lessen things straightens out.