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Why," says he, savagely, "I would tear a man lim from lim, if I see him a tryin' to flirt with you." Wimmen are fragile creeters anyway." "Oh, the fallacy of them arguments and the weakness of 'em. But I didn't say nothin' only to reiterate my utterance, that "if he went into it, he would have to foller it up alone, that he musn't expect any help from me." "Oh no!" says he. "Oh! certainly not."
And China has been so determined to keep Josiah and I and the world out of her empire, I wuz glad enough to git in, and wuz real interested lookin' at them queer yeller pig-tailed little creeters with dresses on, and their funny little houses.
That kinder riled me up, and I sez, "Wall, I have lived in this house with them that wuz perfect, and that is bad enough for me, without bein' one of 'em myself. For more disagreeable creeters," sez I, a prickin' my biscuit with a fork, "more disagreeable creeters I never laid eyes on."
And in the cause of duty I kep on a-tacklin' him about them housen of hisen, and advisin' him to tear 'em down, and build wholesome ones, and in the place of the worst ones, to help make some little open breathin' places for the poor creeters down there, with a green tree now and then.
They come right in, through the curtains, and the firelight, and everything, and sot right down by me and hanted me. And what curious creeters thoughts be, haint they? and oncertain, too. You may make all your plans to get away from 'em.
I can see the camera-man off at one side, turning the crank." "Cracky!" exclaimed Tom, grinning, "I thought that was a fellow with a hand-organ, and I was looking for the monkey." "Monkey, yourself," cried his sister, gaily. "Didn't know but that he was playing for those 'crazy creeters' as your Aunt Alvirah would call them, Ruthie to dance by," went on Tom. "Come on!
But I ain't free to sew it on again however much I may will to do so leastwise if I do it won't stick. The consekinces o' my deed I must bear, but who will deny that the Almighty could grow on another leg if He chose? Why, some creeters He does allow to get rid of a limb or two, an' grow new ones!
Once in awhile you'll see some rare soul that seems as if all onworthy motives have been driv out by the angels of divine Purity and Endeavor, but they're scurce, scurce as hen's teeth. Jane Olive wuz highly tickled with her success, and then, as is the way of human creeters, when she'd done well she wanted to do better.
The words struck deep, and as I said, it was jest that very minute that the idee struck me about goin' to Saratoga. Why I should have had the idee at jest that minute, I can't tell, nor Josiah can't. We have talked about it sense. But good land! such creeters as thoughts be never wuz, nor never will be. Curious, haint it? How you may try to hedge 'em out, and shet the doors and everything.
He offerin' to see her home after the illumination. I knowed he wuz to be trusted, and they went off, Blandina lookin' up happy and adorin', he happy, patronizin' and lookin' down. Both on 'em contented creeters. He leadin' her a willin' victim to where the biggest named articles wuz and explainin' 'em to her in words more'n two inches long, I'll bet, but if anybody is happy that's enough.
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