There stood a immense statute of Liberty, raisin' the veil of Ignorance and protectin' Truth and Justice.

Ignorance don't want her eyes oncovered, she'd 'drather keep on blind as a bat.

But Liberty hain't goin' to mind her, she wuz bound to git the bandages off; I wanted to encourage her in it and I waved my hand towards her and smiled in lovin' greetin'.

Josiah thought I wuz flirtin', and asked me anxiously if I'd got sight of any man from Jonesville.

I wouldn't dain to reply to him--at my age! and with my reputation to carry round! The idee! Well, when we stood on the stun balcony over the spot where the central cascade gushes out, what a seen lay spread out before us.