tree-menjious

Updated: May 3, 2025

It's tree-menjious! I tell ye. Them 'et takes care uv others'll be took care uv 'less they do it o'purpose. And when the rest of us had gone to bed Uncle Eb sat awhile by the fire with David. Late at night he came upstairs with his candle. He came over to my bed on tiptoe to see if I were awake, holding the candle above my head. I was worn out and did not open my eyes. He sat down snickering.

Irving Bacheller - Eben Holden, a tale of the north country