He had lived with her, but died while he wuz on a visit to her sister.

She wuz feelin' dretful and said she didn't know what she would do without him; she took on real bad, and I sez, "Yes, losin' a pa is an awful loss." "Yes," sez she, "pa wuz a dretful good man.

I don't see what we're goin' to do without him; we shall miss him so makin' line fences.

He knew all about where they ort to stand." I wuz kinder took back.

But then come to think it over I see it wuz better to be missed in line fences than not at all.