“Now ain’t that too much! Abby Mix
Has folded up her work! Just see!”
“Why can’t she wait until she’s told?
Yes, thank you, deacon, here we come.”
(“I hope the biscuits won’t be cold:
No coffee? Wish I was tu hum!”)
“Do tell, Mis’ Ellis! Did you make
This cheese? the best I ever saw.
Such jumbles too (no jelly cake):
I’m quite ashamed to take one more.”