...Courtin' " — a satire really applied by a Boston critic to an eminent English lecturer : — " Ho stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t' other ; And on the one he felt the wurst He couldn't luw told you nuther ;" but the unsatisfactory...

...acts so or so, Or don't, 'ould be presumin' ; Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell...the wust He could n't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, " I 'd better call agin ; " Says she, "Think likely, Mister^: Thet last word pricked him like a pin,...

...spell on one foot fust,6 Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust7 He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, " I'd better call agin...Mister:'' Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' . . . Wai,8 he up an' kist her. 1 cheer = chair: the colloquial form represents the old English pronunciation....

...spell on t' other, An' on which one he felt the wust He could n't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, "I 'd better call agin " ; Says she, " Think likely, Mister"...last word pricked him like a pin, An' .... Wai, he up an1 kist her. When Ma bimeby upon 'em slips, Huldy sot pale ez ashes, All kin' o' smily roun' the lips...

...Wai, no ; I come designm' — " " To see my Ma? She 's sprinklin' clo'ea Agin to-morrow's i'nin'." He stood a spell on one foot fust Then stood a spell on tother, An' on which one he felt tiie wust He could n't ha' told ye, nuther, Sez he, " I 'd better call agin " ; Sez she, " Think likely....

...spell on one foot first, Then stood a spell on t'other, And on which one he felt the worst He couldn't ha' told ye, nuther. Says he, " I'd better call agin." Says she, " Think likely, Mister." The last word pricked him like a pin, And— wal, he up and kist her. When Ma bimeby upon 'cm slips,...

...— " " To see my Ma? She 's sprinklin' clo'es Agin to-morrow's i'nin'." He stood a spell cm one font fust Then stood a spell on tother, An' on which one he felt thi \vnst He could n't ha' told ye, nuther. Sez he, " 1 'd better call agin " ; Sez she, " Think likely,J/r...

...presumin'; Mebby5 to mean yea an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot -fust,6 Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust7 He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, " I'd better call agin ; " Says she, "Think likely,...

...acts so or so, Or don't, 'ould be presumin' ; Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. ii. 8* Says he, " I'd better call ag'in ;" Says she, "Think likely, Mister;"...

...gals act so or so, Or don't, 'ould be presumin' ; Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust. Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, " I'd better call agin"; Says she, "Think likely, Mister"; Thet...