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He said 't your bein' kicked was a judgment 'n' the sins o' the parents should be visited on the children even unto the third 'n' fourth generation. I did n't know whose sins he was meanin', the cow's or Jathrop's, but I did n't ask. I guess we 'd ought to make allowances f'r the minister, he ain't seemed to ever be able to bear up under them twins.
Lathrop, 'n' it's natural 't, seein' you can't help yourself, you look upon him 's better 'n' nothin', but still I will remark 't Jathrop's the last straw on top o' my hump, 'n' this mornin' when I throwed out the dish-water 'n' hit him by accident jus' comin' in, my patience clean gin out. I didn't feel no manner o' sympathy over his soapy wetness, 'n' I spoke my mind right then 'n' there.
I guess the truth o' the matter is 't he 's jus' plum tired out piecin' 'n' mendin'. It's been a big job sewin' up after Jathrop's cow tore round like that. They say 's he had all of a foot to over-'n'-over along Mr. Fisher, 'n' Mr. Jilkins is jus' tufted like a sofa where he stopped up where he was skewered. Mrs.
Miss Clegg's attitude as she stood in the doorway was one of blended commiseration and disgust. "Well, I never would 'a' believed it o' Jathrop!" she burst forth at last. "'T wa'n't Jathrop," Mrs. Lathrop protested feebly; "it was the " "I know, but the cow never come of her own free will, 'n' it strikes me 't Jathrop's the one to blame.
Jathrop's more to the point right now." Upon this hint Mrs. Lathrop de-fenced herself, so to speak, and the friendly chat ended for that time. The morning after, Miss Clegg was slow to appear at the summons of her neighbor. When she did approach the spot where the other stood waiting, her whole face and figure bore a weary and fretful air.
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