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Isaiah, who had been favored with a peep at the rehearsal on the previous evening, was found later on by Shadrach in the kitchen in a state of ecstatic incoherence. "I swan to godfreys!" cried Isaiah. "Ain't ain't she an angel, though! Did you ever see anything prettier'n she is in them clothes and with that that moskeeter net on her head?
"When you get mad like that you're prettier'n ever," he said. It was a peculiar situation. It seemed incredible, melodramatic, unreal, in sight of the crawling freight train far out on the levels. "Aren't you overplaying your part, sir?" the easy traveller asked. The man's hand flew to his six-shooter, while the girl looked around in swift and eager impulse to the interrupting voice.
She laid down the whistle beside him on the rail, and went off a little distance and seated herself on a bench. The boy laughed. "I like that girl," he remarked; "the rest of 'em take everything I give 'em, and ask for more. She's prettier'n any of 'em, too." "What is your name?" Wetherell asked him, curiously, forgetting his own troubles. "Bob Worthington."
"Yes, Miss Diddie, honey," said Mammy, resuming her story, "dar sholy is Fraids; Mammy ain't gwine tell yer nuf'n', honey, w'at she dun know fur er fack; so as I wuz er sayin', dis little Fraid wuz name Cheery, an' she'd go all 'roun' eb'y mornin' an' tech up de grass an' blossoms an' keep 'em fresh, fur she loved ter see chil'en happy, an' w'en dey rolled ober on de grass, an' strung de blossoms, an' waded up an' down de streams, an' peeped roun' de trees, Cheery'd clap 'er han's an' laugh, an' dance roun' an' roun'; an' sometimes dar'd be little po' white chil'en, an' little misfortnit niggers would go dar; an' w'en she'd see de bright look in dey tired eyes, she'd fix things prettier'n eber.
She laid down the whistle beside him on the rail, and went off a little distance and seated herself on a bench. The boy laughed. "I like that girl," he remarked; "the rest of 'em take everything I give 'em, and ask for more. She's prettier'n any of 'em, too." "What is your name?" Wetherell asked him, curiously, forgetting his own troubles. "Bob Worthington."
"But what has the man been doing since he left? Have you any idea?" "Get a little chatter, now and then, of a gent that's rid into a town on a black hoss, prettier'n anything that was ever seen before. "It's all pretty much the same, what news we get. Mostly I guess he jest wanders around doin' no harm to nobody.
They were the awakening, the prelude of to-day. "Janey's prettier'n what you be," he said; and of a sudden I knew that it was true, and felt that the knowledge nearly broke my heart. But could there be any doubt of the proper reply? "Huh!" I said, shrugging my lean shoulders. "I don't care!" The day before it would have been true, but that day it was a lie.
"I see 'em when I slick my hair in the kitchen glass ... I don't think they're much like yours." Bobbie paid no heed to the allusion to himself. "Your forehead's smooth, too," he mused. "Your eyes are big, and the lashes round 'em 're long. You're much prettier'n your dog, but then girls 're always pretty."
"But honest, Sim" and his neighbor's curiosity now was apparent "what sort of a looker is she?" "Prettier'n a spotted pup!" said Sim succinctly. "She like the country pretty well?" "Says it's the prettiest she ever seen," replied Sim. "That's what she said." "And you owe all this to me, come to simmer it down." "I ain't simmering nothing down," said Sim. "Here's your gate. Down there is mine.
Jolly exclaimed, with splendid enthusiasm. "Prettier'n anythin'! You'd oughter see mine!" When Ellen came in to put Morry to bed she found wet spots on his cushions, but she did not mention them. Ellens can be wise. She only handled the limp little figure rather more gently than usual, and said rather more cheery things, perhaps.
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