cut near horn or hoof;

But I thank Thee, Lord, that I’ve earnt my

way and I hain’t got ‘on the town,’

And when I die I know that I shall sartin wear

a crown.”

Whenever he mumbled his simple prayer in

the kitchen by his chair,

Aunt Rich would rattle the supper pans and

sniff with a scornful air.

She’d never “professed,” as the saying is, she