human
It looks strange, passin' strange!
gpt
Yes, sez Josiah,
human
Yes, sez I,
gpt
Nobody will steal them idees!
human
No, sez I sadly,
gpt
And I sez, as I looked up at the queer, lop sided, flighty, vain thing,
human
It leans over considerable, Josiah Allen, it is very tippin'.
gpt
I had it lean over one side on account of havin' rain water dripp offen the eaves, and have the snow slide off in drifty times. Ruffs have been known to fall in, and I wanted to ensure Tirzah Ann's havin' a ruff over her head anyway.
human
What will Tirzah Ann say when she sees it?
gpt
I don't care, sez he,
human
Where is the suller?
gpt
The suller!
human
I laid out to build it after the house wuz done. Sez I,
gpt
What wuz you goin' to do with the dirt?
human
Why, I laid out, sez he lookin' helplessly round for a excuse,
gpt
I laid out to bring it up in baskets, and he went on brightenin' up as a idee struck him--
human
I've observed, Samantha, that dirt is handy for house plants, or to plant seeds in the spring of the year.
gpt
I guess three or four hundred wagon loads won't be needed for house plants, and after Tirzah Ann sees all that dirt lugged up her suller stairs and through her kitchen she won't have much time or ambition for posies.
human
Well, sez he, a bright idee occurrin' to him,
gpt
I should think as much,