stren'then

Updated: June 17, 2025

Mollie took me into the parlor an' fetched a glass o' wine to stren'then me up." Maw mused a moment; then spoke with a touch of patronage: "I'm goin' to knit Clem some new socks this winter. He says he can't git none like the oldtime wool ones; an' the market floors are cold.

- The Best Short Stories of 1917: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story