A White Rose; And Other Stories (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...'Pears to me for that money he. might ha' thrown in suthin' livin', if 't wan't nothin' more nor a blackberry gal with a basket, to make it a little less lonesome. My wife's sister, she thor't so, but she dursn't to say it, 'cause these artists is mighty curus, tetchy critters. Yer'd better pinch bumblebees, nor ask an artist to be different. Society in the village? Ki yes, lots of it; mighty 'xclusive and 'ristercrackit. "To hear some o' them old maids talk 'twould put yer in mind o' Holy Scripter Ginology, least-ways it does me--'And he was the son of, and he was the son of, etc' Ki " (which ejaculation seemed to be his manner of laughing) "'Taint much use to try to git intoe Burrhampton society 'thout ye bring yer pedigree long with yer. My Merlissy, that's my wife, she ware at the prayer meeting one night, and after the meeting the minister sez, sez he, T want to recommend to your Christian care, dear brethering and sistering, Mrs. Blank; she's lately come a stranger, to took up her residence among us. It's yer Christian duty to be kind to yer fellow-beins; but besides that, Mrs. Blank's social position is high, and she is connected with some of our first families ' Prudent critter, Doctor Lancthon is; 'spect he wa'n't inclined to take too much stock in the Christern part without good collaterals. Ki Merlissy said the best on't was that the diskurse he had been diskursing about was, 'Not to have respect unto persons.' Well, well, it's a curus kind of a world; I don't make my theory and practice jine in together, so it been't for me to fling stuns at anybody. Talking of Merlissy, that reminds me, why can't you come over to my house and rest a spell? Yer've more'n an hour, and there's Merlissy and the cat, and tho' we're plain folk, I do ...