this time in preparin' food, if they would only accept the great fact that men's naters are made jest as they be, and the effect of food on their naters is jest what it is, if they would only accept these two great philosofical facts, and not argue and contend and try to understand why it is so, or how, or is it reasonable that it should be so, or anything about it. Simply accept it, dear married sisters, and guide them gently on by this safe and assured way. It will not fail you, no, Samantha has tried it in the balances and has never yet found it wantin, for twenty years and more that has been my safe weepon and my refuge in times of trouble.
I know that I have repeated these words of advice and warnin' anon or oftener, but it is only because I have such a tender feelin' for my sister wimmen who are placed in the tryin' position of pardners. And I want 'em, oh, how I want 'em! to do the best they can with what they have to do with. But I am eppisodin', and to resoom.
We sot out for Hamenses about half-past ten on that pleasant mornin'. All over the dooryard and about the house hung the soft silence of the early mornin'. The birds wuz singin' in the lilock bushes by the clean door-*step. The branches of the trees hung low down in the orchard. The sunshine lay in the dooryard in golden patches flecking the green grass between the shade trees and on the clean painted doorway and the winders. And I knew and Josiah knew that we shouldn't see no such sunshine agin till we see this same light shinin' in our dooryard and the white curtained winders of home.
Well, we had a pleasant drive, with no eventful events to disturb it till we got near to Hamenses house at about a quarter to twelve. As we wuz a-goin' down the hill
