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Slawson received the news with a smile as of such actual welcome, that Eliza, who flattered herself she knew a thing or two about human nature, was rather upset in her calculations. "You look like you relish bein' bounced," she observed tartly. "Well, if I'm goin' to get my walkin'-papers, I'd rather get 'em from Mr. Frank than from anybody else.
Therefor, he began his reply: Dere Miss Maria Klegg: "I talk mi pen in hand to inform you that our walkin'-papers has at last come, and we start termorrer mornin' for Buzzard Roost to settle jest whose to rool that roost. Our ideas and Mister Jo Johnston's differ on that subjeck. When we git through with him hele no more, though he probably won't be so purty as he is now."
Then I guess we'll git our walkin'-papers, mighty quick." "I'm not sure of that," said the girl, thoughtfully. "They must be hard-hearted, indeed, to turn you out into the world; and you are both capable people, and would serve the city folks faithfully and well." "It's my eyes," replied the other, in a simple, matter-of-fact tone.
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