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"Moncrossen said 'twa'nt safe to bushwhack him like I wanted to said how I ain't got nerve nor brains to stand no investigation. "But if he'd git burnt up in the shack, that's safer yet. He got that booze somewhere some one knows he had it. He got spiflicated, built a roarin' fire in the old stove an' there y'are, plain as daylight. No brains!
'Tain't likely dey'll pester mother ner sister; but, daddy, ef de wus come ter de wus, I speck you ter take keer un um, sezee. "Den I say, sez I: 'How long you bin knowin' me, Mars Jeems? sez I. "'Sence I wuz a baby, sezee. "'Well, den, Mars Jeems, sez I, 'you know'd 'twa'nt no use fer ter ax me ter take keer Ole Miss en Miss Sally.
"If 'twa'nt that the numskulls round here couldn't understand two weddin's," she said, "I'd have it in the church, as me and James first planned." Preparations for the ceremony went forward with Aunt Jane's customary decision and briskness. She made a wedding cake, assisted by Mr. Ball, and gathered all the flowers in the garden.
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