“You told me I might be strict and harsh with him, and I am.
He says he has the headache about half the time, but I don’t
pay no attenshun to that. If I did, I wouldn’t git any work
done. One day he fainted away in the feald, but it’s my
opinyun he brought it on a-purpose by not eatin’ much
breakfast.
“I tell you, Mr. Waldo, it is very aggravatin’ to have such a
shifless boy. Now, what I want to ask you is, if you can’t
allow me a dollar, or a dollar and a half a week to make it
square. I’m willin’ to take care of the boy, but I don’t