Then father, all laughy and criey, said: "Thank God! Oh, thank God, the girl loves the home we have made for her!" Just said it over and over, and mother kept putting in: "It pays, Paul! It pays!" Next day Sally put on her riding habit and fixed herself as pretty as ever she could, and went around to have a last little visit with every one, and invited them herself, and then she wrote letters to people away.

Elizabeth and Lucy came home, and every one began to work.
Father and mother went to the village in the carriage and brought home the bed full of things to eat, and all we had was added, and mother began to pack butter, and save eggs for cakes, and the day before, I thought there wouldn't be a chicken left on the place.

They killed and killed, and Sarah Hood, Amanda Deam, and Mrs.Freshett picked and picked.
"I'll bet a dollar we get something this time besides ribs and neck," said Leon.

"How do you suppose thigh and breast would taste ?" "I was always crazy to try the tail," I said.
"Much chance you got," sniggered Leon.

"'Member the time that father asked the Presiding Elder, 'Brother Lemon, what piece of the fowl do you prefer ?' and he up and said: 'I'm partial to the rump, Brother Stanton.' There sat father bound he wouldn't give him mother's piece, so he pretended he couldn't find it, and forked all over the platter and then gave him the ribs and the thigh.