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Updated: August 8, 2024
Then he said, "I shew it to him" for "I showed it to him," "of-ten" for "oft'n" and "obleeged" for "obliged." Besides these, there were sundry other things that worried me not a little. But I consoled myself with the reflection that when I became Mrs. Smith all these little matters would vanish like frost in the sunshine. I was, alas! doomed to be mistaken.
"At that time you had no gun," said Polychrome. "But if you join the Army of Oogaboo you will carry the gun that Mr. Files used." "A sol-dier must be a-ble to run as well as to fight," protested Tik-Tok, "and if my works run down, as they of-ten do, I could nei-ther run nor fight." "I'll keep you wound up, Tik-Tok," promised Betsy. "Why, it isn't a bad idea," said Shaggy.
No second invitation was needed, and the chorus was taken up by all, the singers beating time with their feet and chips. ALL. "Oh, mother, an-gel mother, are you waitin' there beside the lit-tle cottage on the lea " JAKE. "On the lea " ALL. "How of-ten would she bless me in all them days so fair Would old dog Tray re-member me " SONORA. "Re-member me."
As soon as Trinidad had seated himself the Minstrel struck a chord and announced impressively: "'Old Dog Tray, gents, 'or Echoes from Home'!" He cleared his throat, and the next instant in quavering tones he warbled: "How of-ten do I pic-ture The old folks down at home, And of-ten wonder if they think of me, Would an-gel mother know me, If back there I did roam, Would old dog Tray re-member me."
And you are of-ten im-pu-dent and dis-a-gree-a-ble, too. But if you will try to cure those faults I will not tell any-one how help-less you are." "I'll try, of course," replied the Wheeler, eagerly. "And thank you, Mr. Tiktok, for your kindness." "I am on-ly a ma-chine," said Tiktok. "I can not be kind an-y more than I can be sor-ry or glad. I can on-ly do what I am wound up to do."
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