Dotie became her willin' adorer and Miss Huff couldn't do enough for her.
But to resoom backward a little.

Molly didn't want to go to the Fair ground that morning, wantin' to rest and recooperate, so Josiah, Blandina and I sot forth a little later than common.

There wuz a stoppage of the cars some ways from the gate and we got out and walked thinkin' we'd git there quicker, Josiah started to step off first when Blandina rushed past him, waved him back, and descended herself right into the midst of horses heads and huffs and yells and profanity from two drivers who wuz stoppin' the way and wuz revilin' each other, and after we got safe onto the sidewalk and wuz walkin' along I sez to her: "You ort to be more careful, Blandina, or you'll find yourself killed some day and trompled on, I wuz skairt for you." "Oh, I didn't think about myself, I wuz only thinkin' of savin' dear uncle Josiah, it wuzn't so much matter about me.

A woman's life you know is not worth anything compared to a man's." "Oh, shaw!" I sez, I wuz driv to it, and I sez it agin, "Oh, shaw!" "Why, Aunt Samantha, you know it has been decided that that is so.

It has been settled by law that a female's life is worth only half as much as a man's.