human
Amen! with the best of 'em sez to me,
gpt
Wasn't that sermon a grand one?
human
Yes, sez I,
gpt
Yes, sez she,
human
Why?
gpt
He don't take any care of himself. He lives alone with an old housekeeper who is dretful slack and don't have any faculty, and he don't have things for his comfort, though he don't complain. He gits no end of money, but gives it all away, or it is wasted to home. I went to his house once on business,--I am from the West, sez she,--
human
sez she,
gpt
I have five daughters myself, and three onmarried nieces and they all say the same thing, that he ought to be married to some woman who would jest worship him, for no woman could help it, and take care on him. For, sez she with a shrewd look,
human
Yes, sez I,
gpt
No, sez she,
human
I presume not, my girls are splendid with the needle, and good cooks, and so religious--it's a sight! and so are my sister's three girls, though they don't quite come up to my five.