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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt:...in his face, an' forbid Ma'y Jane to soshiate wid him. "Nawm, dat I don't. When Sim come I make him mighty welcome, an' when he go I set down in my cheer an' des shake my sides a-laughin'. "'What dat you laughin' at so, Ma?' axes Ma'y Jane, who I see is mighty taken wid Sim. "'Oh, I was des a-laughin' at what funny bow-legs Sim's got. Ef he wanted anybody to set on his lap he would have to tote a board along wid him,' spons I. "Yassum, an' dat finished Sim wid Ma'y Jane. She could a overlooked fourteen odder wives, an' one of dese heah continuous drunks, an' a thought dat she was gwine to be de ministerin' angel an' reform him, but when hit come to marryin' a man dat folks laughed at, dat was a gray hoss of anodder color. "An' I always kinder suspicioned dat maybe I throwed some cold water on de case of Tom Gregory, what got to hangin' aroun' our house, an' sho'ly did look lak he had intentions. I was mighty nice an' kind to Tom, an' one night I siddled over to him, an' told him dat I hoped dat when Ma'y Jane married she would get a real nice, industrious husband dat was handy around de house, caze Ma'y Jane don't know nuthin' 'bout cookin', or workin', an' she's mighty puny an' sickly anyway, dough she don't look hit, an' hit would be a comfort to me to know dat her husband would git up an' git breakfast, an' wash de dishes, an' save her all de hard work. "Tom he says he hope so, too, but he never come back no mo', from which I jedged I had sorter discouraged him, an' dat he warn't no candidate for de job of waitin' on a triflin' wife. "An' maybe dat time what I axed Sam Smith, what dey call a fascinater an' a ladykiller, to spend fo' days at our house one hot spell in August, mought a had somethin' to do wid Ma'y Jane te...