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"I just wish the Power that lengthened her had to find her dresses and petticoats and things to make her decent to go to the grandmother that's never seen her. Here I am, all but ready to start, an' I have to get her new clothes. Childern may be a blessing, there's folks that say they are, but there's times I can't see anything but the worry and the expense of 'em."
Beware, John Westerfelt, you will want to marry before long; you are a lonely, selfish Man, an you will want a wife an childern to keep you company an make you forget yore evil ways, but it is my constant prayer that you will never git one that loves you. I am prayin for that very thing and I believe it will come.
"Let us ask Mammy. Rose and Russ may be with her," suggested Mrs. Armatage. Upstairs went the two ladies and into Mammy June's room. There was a night light burning there, but nobody was with the old woman. "Lawsy me!" exclaimed the old nurse when Mrs. Bunker asked her. "I ain't seen them childern since I had my supper. No'm. They ain't been here."
Willoughby, know she isn't eleven? Who's to tell 'em if we keep our mouths shut? It ain't none of their business though, seems if, there isn't one that'd be beyond makin' it their business. I'll grant you that. Your old lease, more shame to it, says childern ain't allowed here.
I b'lieve in havin' a good time when you start out to have it. If you git knocked out of one plan, you want to git yerself another right quick, before yer sperrits has a chance to fall. Here comes Jake an' Chris with their baskets. Suppose you rench off yer hands an' go gether up the rest of the childern. I 'spect Billy's done hitched up by this time."
It's a while back a'ready since I was to a meetin' not even on a funeral. And they say they do now make awful funny up at Bethel rewiwal this week. I was thinkin' I'd go once. But if you can't redd up after supper and help milk and put the childern to bed, I can't go fur all." No response from Tillie. Mrs. Getz sighed her disappointment as she went on with her work. Presently she spoke again.
I been thinkin' all up the road from Virginny o' this 'ere gol demnable money an' what I were a-goin' to do with it an' what it could do to me. An', sez I, I'm ergoin' to ask Jack to take it an' use it fer a wall 'twixt him an' trouble, an' the idee hurried me erlong honest! Kind o' made me happy. Course, if I had a wife an' childern, 'twould be different, but I ain't got no one.
'The little boy is a nice formed little feller, she says, 'an' them childern very often grow up, but he is very little, she says. "'An' how 'bout my wife? I says. "'Wa'al, she says, 'we don't know jest yet, but she is quiet now, an' we'll hope fer the best. If you want me, she says, 'I'll come any time, night or day, but I must go now.
They belong ter me. The other childern is my half-brothers, bein' my mother war married twice. Ye kin steal this gear from me, ef that will make ye feel easier." "But what will yer gran'dad say ter me?" "He won't know who ye be; he will jes 'low ye air one o' the boys who air always foolin' away thar time visitin' me an' makin' tallow-dips skeerce."
Wife an' me we fully agree upon one p'int, 'n' that is, thet mo' childern 'r' sp'iled thoo bein' crossed an' hindered 'n any other way. Why, sir, them we 've see' grow up roun' this country hev been fed on daily rations of "dont's!" an' "stops!" an' "quits!" an' most of 'em brought up by hand at that! An' so, ez I say, we don't never cross Sonny, useless.
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