human
He wants all mine and all I can hire in New Sanderson,
gpt
Lord! ejaculated his wife.
human
All them?
gpt
All them,
human
Well, said his wife,
gpt
No, it ain't,
human
The point is, said she,
gpt
That's so,
human
He's a-owin' everybody, ain't he?
gpt
Pooty near, I guess.
human
Well, you ain't goin' to let one of your cerridges go, let alone hirin', unless he pays ahead.
gpt
Lord! Dilly, how'm I goin' to ask him?
human
How? Why, the way anybody would ask him. 'Ain't you got a tongue in your head?
gpt
You dunno what a man he is. I asked him the other night when I drove him up, and it wa'n't a job I liked, I can tell you.
human
Did he pay you?
gpt
Paid me some of it.
human
He's owin' you now, ain't he?
gpt
Well, he ain't owin' much, only the few times their cerridge 'ain't been down. It ain't much, Dilly.
human
But it's something.
gpt
Yes; everythin' that ain't nothin' is somethin', I s'pose.
human
And now you're goin' right on an' lettin' him have all your cerridges, and you'll be wantin' me to help clean the seats, too, I'll warrant, and you're agoin' to hire into the bargain, with him owin' you and owin' everybody else in town.
gpt
Now, Dilly, I didn't say I was agoin' to,
human
An' me needin' a new dress, and 'ain't had one to my back for two years, and them Carroll women in a different one every time they appear out, and the girl having enough clothes for a Vanderbilt. I guess Stella Griggs will rue the day. She's a fool, and always was. If you can afford to give that man money you can afford to get me a new dress. I'd go to the weddin'--it's free, in the church--if I had anything decent to wear.
gpt
Now, Dilly, what can I do? I leave it to you,
human
Do? said she.
gpt
Why, tell him he's got to pay ahead or he can't have the cerridges. If you're afraid to, I'll ask him. I ain't afraid.
human
Lord! I ain't afraid, Dilly,
gpt
You'd better clean up, after supper, an' go up there and tell him,