It would do you good mebbe to git more acquainted, an' mebbe this'll be the start on't." "With a little team of half a dozen women, as you called them," said John.

"Mr.Euston has offered to introduce me to any one I cared to know." "I didn't mean the singin' folks," responded Mr.Harum, "I meant the church folks in gen'ral, an' it'll come 'round in a natur'l sort of way--not like bein' took 'round by Mr.Euston as if you'd _ast_ him to.
You can't git along--you may, an' have fer a spell, but not alwus--with nobody to visit with but me an' Polly an' Dick, an' so on, an' once in a while with the parson; you ben used to somethin' diff'rent, an' while I ain't sayin' that Homeville soci'ty, pertic'lerly in the winter, 's the finest in the land, or that me an' Polly ain't all right in our way, you want a change o' feed once in a while, or you _may_ git the colic.
Now," proceeded the speaker, "if this singin' bus'nis don't do more'n to give ye somethin' new to think about, an' take up an evenin' now an' then, even if it bothers ye some, I think mebbe it'll be a good thing fer ye.

They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good fer a dog--keeps him from broodin' over _bein'_ a dog, mebbe," suggested David.
"Perhaps you are right," said John.

"Indeed, I don't doubt that you are right, and I will take your advice." "Thank you," said David a minute or two later on, holding out the glass while John poured, "jest a wisdom toothful.

I don't set up to be no Sol'mon, an' if you ever find out how I'm bettin' on a race jest 'copper' me an' you c'n wear di'monds, but I know when a hoss has stood too long in the barn as soon as the next man." It is possible that even Mr.Euston did not fully appreciate the difficulties of the task which he persuaded our friend John to undertake; and it is certain that had the latter known all that they were to be he would have hardened his heart against both the pleadings of the rector and the advice of David.