a-finishin

Updated: May 5, 2025

Oh, I wuz goin' to have a good dinner, there hain't a doubt of that! Oh, and I wuz goin' to have some delicious soup too, to start off the dinner with! Wall, if you'll believe it, jest as I wuz a-finishin' my dressin', addin' the last ingregient to it, and my mind wuz all on a strain to have it jest right All of a sudden Josiah Allen rushed in all out of breath, and hollered to me for a rope.

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the World's Fair