That one about the piper and the cow: 'He took up his pipes and he played her a tune, Consider, old cow, consider.' But I don't know as I SURELY know what he wanted the cow to do?
Does 'consider' mean see if you like it ?" "That's the idea.

Think it over and see if you'd like to go halves with me givin' the fish to Cap'n Hedge." The curls moved vigorously up and down.
"I think I should," she decided.
"Good! Now you wait and I'll do it up." He wrapped the toy vane in a piece of paper and handed it to his small patron.

She gravely produced a miniature velvet purse with the remnants of some bead fringe hanging to its lower edge and laid a dime and four pennies on the top of a packing case between them.
It was growing dark in the shop and Jed lighted one of the bracket lamps.

Returning, he found the coins laid in a row and Miss Armstrong regarding them somewhat soberly.
"There isn't any MORE than fourteen, is there ?" she asked.

"I mean--I mean fourteen cents takes all of it, doesn't it ?" Jed looked at her face.