Curous extremes as ever met, I believe, and as interestin’ to witness from day to day as the most costly and curous menagerie of wild animals would be.
But, as I said, Martin’s eyes bein’ formed in jest that way, he wuzn’t able to hardly see the noble heathen after that first interview.
Wall, to go back to the wagon agin and proceed onwards with my history, or paddle back to the steamer.
At last the last minute come—Ury and Philury had took us to the cars and been shooken by the hands, and amidst fervent good-byes had been adjured over and over about the necessity of keepin’ the cat out of the milk room, and the gate shet between the garden and paster, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
And they had promised faithfully to adhere to our wishes, and to advise us of the results in weekly letters.
We let ’em move right in and have half of everything—butter, cheese, eggs, wool, black caps, etc. And they wuz highly tickled as well as we.
Thomas Jefferson and Maggie had gone with us to the station, where Whitfield and Tirzah Ann put in a late appearance, on account of Tirzah’s bein’ ondecided whether to wear a thick or a thin dress; the day bein’ one of them curous ones when you don’t really know whether it will be hazy or warm.
And they’d come in time to kiss us and clasp our hands in partin’.
In time to kiss us and clasp our hands in partin’.