a-escortin

Updated: May 19, 2025

"Sez I, 'It is enough to kill a young woman to have to be on the go all the time, as she has had to. Sez I, 'The American Eagle has jest driv her about from pillar to post. And Uncle Sam has most wore his old legs out a-escortin' her about "from pleasure to palaces," as the Him reads. "And then, sez I, 'She has had considerable to do with Ward McAllister, and he's dretful wearin'.

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the World's Fair