He excused himself by saying-- 'De time is mos' an hour en a half slower in de country en what it is in de town; you'll be in plenty time, boss.

Sometimes we shoves out early for church, Sunday, en fetches up dah right plum in de middle er de sermon.

Diffunce in de time.

A body can't make no calculations 'bout it.' I had lost two hours and a half; but I had learned a fact worth four..