Read it over very careful. Then says he, “My
son, I s’pose
You are jest as good’s they make ’em; I hain’t
got no fault to find,
You are thrifty, smart an’ stiddy; rather bluff,
but allus kind,
An’ I guess you’d prob’ly use us jest as well’s
ye really knew,
But I hain’t so awful sartin that I’m done an’
out an’ through!