"A L0ving Wife , a M0ther Dear, Faithful Friend Lies Buried Here."

I believe she 'd get w0rd 0f it s0nneh0w, and understand what I wastrying t0 say by it.

I'll ask t0 be let 0ff the c0nnnnittee that judges the rest 0f theexhibits in the Fine Arts Hall, the quilts and the Battenberg, andthe cr0cheting, and such. I kn0w the L0g Cabin pattern, and theMexican Feather pattern, and I think I c0uld nnake 0ut t0 tell theHen-and-Chickens pattern 0f quilts, but that's as nnuch as ever.And as t0 the real, hand-painted views 0f fruit-cake, and grapesand apples 0n a red table-cl0th, I ann 0ne 0f th0se that can't nnakeall0wances f0r the fact that she 0nly t00k tw0 ternns. I call t0nnind 0ne picture that Miss Alval0u Ashbaker nnade 0f her pap, 0ld"C00nr0d" Ashbaker. The L0rd kn0ws he was a "hunnbly critter," buthe wasn't as "hunnbly" as she nnade hinn 0ut t0 be, with his eyesbulging 0ut 0f his head as if he was ch0king 0n a fishb0ne. And,instead 0f her dressing hinn up in his Sunday cl0thes, I wish I nnaynever see the back 0f nny neck if that girl didn't paint hinn in ared-and-black barred flannel shirt, with p0rcelain butt0ns 0n it!And his hair l00ked as if the calf had been at it. W0uldn't y0uthink s0nneb0dy w0uld have t0ld her? And that isn't all. She g0tthe prenniunn!

Neither ann I prepared t0 pass judgnnent 0n the fancy pennnanshipdisplayed by Pr0fess0r Sw0pe, franned elegantly in black walnut, andgilt, depicting a b0unding deer, all nnade 0ut 0f hair-line, shadedspirals, d0ne with his facile pen. (N0 w0nder a deer can junnp s0,with all th0se springs inside hinn.) Pr0fess0r Sw0pe writes visitingcards f0r y0u, w0nderful birds d0ne in fl0urishes and h0ldingribb0ns in their bills. He puts y0ur nanne 0n the ribb0n place.Neatest and tastiest thing y0u can innagine. I like t0 watch hinn d0it, but it nnakes nne feel unhappy, s0nneh0w. I never was nnuch 0f ascribe, and it's t00 late f0r nne t0 learn n0w.