“Guess yer gittin’ on the track

By the way yer flusticatin’;

Kind a-lookin’ fer a smack,

’Pears to me!”

Then Josiah stopped a minute,

Jes consid’rin’ how ’twould be

An’ how best to go about it,

’Cause he hadn’t much idee;

But he knew ’twas waitin’ fer him,

By Symanthy’s shy te-he!